Beheira Governorate

Beheira Governorate
Governorate
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Beheira Governorate on the map of Egypt
Coordinates: 30°37′N 30°26′E / 30.61°N 30.43°E / 30.61; 30.43
Country	Egypt
Seat	Damanhur (capital)
Area [2]
• Total	9,826 km2 (3,794 sq mi)
Population  (January 2018)
• Total	6,277,000[1]
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
Website	behira.gov.eg

Beheira Governorate is a governorate in Egypt. The capital is Damanhur.

In 2017, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi appointed the first female governor in the country's history, Nadia Abdo, for Beheira's Governorate.^[3]

1. ↑ "Population Estimates By Governorate ( Urban /Rural ) 1/1/2018". www.capmas.gov.eg. Archived from the original on 2018-11-02. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
2. ↑ "El-Beheira Governorate". sis.gov.eg. 24 May 2016.
3. ↑ "Egypt's first-ever female governor marches to a different drummer". Al-Monitor. 2017-02-22. Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-22.