🇪🇬 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Governorate | EG-ALX | 21 | 5,163,750 |
| Aswan Governorate | EG-ASN | 23 | 1,473,975 |
| Asyut Governorate | EG-AST | 42 | 4,383,289 |
| Beheira Governorate | EG-BH | 24 | 6,171,613 |
| Beni Suef Governorate | EG-BNS | 25 | 3,154,100 |
| Cairo Governorate | EG-C | 58 | 9,539,673 |
| Dakahlia Governorate | EG-DK | 53 | 6,492,381 |
| Damietta Governorate | EG-DT | 19 | 1,496,765 |
| Faiyum Governorate | EG-FYM | 30 | 3,596,954 |
| Gharbia Governorate | EG-GH | 33 | 4,999,633 |
| Giza Governorate | EG-GZ | 67 | 8,632,021 |
| Ismailia Governorate | EG-IS | 9 | 1,303,993 |
| Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate | EG-KFS | 31 | 3,362,185 |
| Luxor Governorate | EG-LX | 25 | 1,250,209 |
| Matruh Governorate | EG-MT | 26 | 425,624 |
| Minya Governorate | EG-MN | 179 | 5,497,095 |
| Monufia Governorate | EG-MNF | 88 | 4,301,601 |
| New Valley Governorate | EG-WAD | 47 | 241,247 |
| North Sinai Governorate | EG-SIN | 19 | 450,328 |
| Port Said Governorate | EG-PTS | 6 | 749,371 |
| Qalyubia Governorate | EG-KB | 23 | 6,182,750 |
| Qena Governorate | EG-KN | 47 | 3,164,281 |
| Red Sea Governorate | EG-BA | 36 | 359,888 |
| Sharqia Governorate | EG-SHR | 34 | 7,163,824 |
| Sohag Governorate | EG-SHG | 42 | 4,967,409 |
| South Sinai Governorate | EG-JS | 35 | 150,088 |
| Suez Governorate | EG-SUZ | 9 | 728,180 |
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.