🇪🇬 Egypt 27 administrative divisions
27 first-level administrative divisions — states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country — and 1,056 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- EG · EGY · 818
- Capital
- Cairo
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- EGP — Egyptian pound
- Calling code
- +20
- Internet domain
- .eg
- Divisions
- 27
- Cities and towns
- 1,056
Divisions
The 27 divisions of Egypt
27 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minya Governorate | EG-MN | 179 | 5,497,095 |
| Monufia Governorate | EG-MNF | 88 | 4,301,601 |
| Giza Governorate | EG-GZ | 67 | 8,632,021 |
| Cairo Governorate | EG-C | 58 | 9,539,673 |
| Dakahlia Governorate | EG-DK | 53 | 6,492,381 |
| New Valley Governorate | EG-WAD | 47 | 241,247 |
| Qena Governorate | EG-KN | 47 | 3,164,281 |
| Asyut Governorate | EG-AST | 42 | 4,383,289 |
| Sohag Governorate | EG-SHG | 42 | 4,967,409 |
| Red Sea Governorate | EG-BA | 36 | 359,888 |
| South Sinai Governorate | EG-JS | 35 | 150,088 |
| Sharqia Governorate | EG-SHR | 34 | 7,163,824 |
| Gharbia Governorate | EG-GH | 33 | 4,999,633 |
| Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate | EG-KFS | 31 | 3,362,185 |
| Faiyum Governorate | EG-FYM | 30 | 3,596,954 |
| Matruh Governorate | EG-MT | 26 | 425,624 |
| Beni Suef Governorate | EG-BNS | 25 | 3,154,100 |
| Luxor Governorate | EG-LX | 25 | 1,250,209 |
| Beheira Governorate | EG-BH | 24 | 6,171,613 |
| Aswan Governorate | EG-ASN | 23 | 1,473,975 |
| Qalyubia Governorate | EG-KB | 23 | 6,182,750 |
| Alexandria Governorate | EG-ALX | 21 | 5,163,750 |
| Damietta Governorate | EG-DT | 19 | 1,496,765 |
| North Sinai Governorate | EG-SIN | 19 | 450,328 |
| Ismailia Governorate | EG-IS | 9 | 1,303,993 |
| Suez Governorate | EG-SUZ | 9 | 728,180 |
| Port Said Governorate | EG-PTS | 6 | 749,371 |
A further 5 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of Egypt
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/EG.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/EG/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.