Economic regions of Egypt

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Economic regions of Egypt
Economic regions overlapping with the old governorate borders

Presidential Decree 495/1977 divided Egypt into eight (later seven after Matrouh was merged into Alexandria) economic regions for economic and physical planning purposes, that do not have any new administrative representation in the local government hierarchy.[1]

Instead, each region is composed of a number of contiguous governorates, with one declared as capital of the region (that governorate's capital city).

Art. 2 established a Higher Committee for Regional Planning in each region, headed by the governor of that region's capital, and comprising the governors, heads of the Local Executive Councils, and the head of the national-level General Organization for Physical Planning as secretary general.

Art. 3 set out a Planning Administration for each region that is affiliated to the Ministry of (Economic) Planning. In 2008 this was changed to a Regional Center for Urban Planning and Development affiliated to the GOPP.[2] However, it was believed that planning based on these units was unrealistic thus decentralization efforts were put in place.[3]

Economic region Area (km2) Population (2015) GDP (billion EGP)[4] GDP (billion US$)
Greater Cairo 17,342 21,969,529 2,986.037 190.211
Alexandria 224,076 11,064,294 970.284 61.807
Suez Canal 90,020 9,555,718 902.566 57.493
Delta 12,357 19,145,755 886.439 56.467
South Upper Egypt 216,212 10,573,686 386.923 24.647
North Upper Egypt 47,970 11,183,684 351.674 22.402
Central Upper Egypt 402,431 4,470,631 143.106 9.116
 Egypt 1,010,408 94,798.827 6,627.028 422.142

Economic regions

Map of Egypt's regional units for physical planning purposes.
  Greater Cairo Region
  Alexandria Region
  Delta Region
  Suez Canal Region
  North Upper Egypt Region
  Central Upper Egypt Region
  Southern Upper Egypt Region

There are seven regional units, containing the following governorates.[5][1][2] In 2014, plans were discussed to expand the seven to eleven but it didn't happen.[6]

Greater Cairo Region

Region

Delta Region
Suez Canal Region

North Upper Egypt Region
South Upper Egypt Region

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Presidential Decree 495/1977". The Official Gazette. 1977.
  2. ^ a b "Regional Center of the General Authority for Urban Planning - Tadamun". Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  3. ^ Piffero, Elena (2009). What Happened to Participation? Urban Development and Authoritarian Upgrading in Cairo's Informal Neighbourhoods. Odoya srl. ISBN 9788896026182. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ^ "GDP BY GOVERNORATE", mped.gov.eg
  5. ^ "Government of Egypt, General Organization for Physical Planning (with map)" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  6. ^ Leila, Reem (July 10, 2014). "Remapping Egypt". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Greater Cairo region Map". General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP). Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Province of Alexandria Map". General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP). Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Delta Province Map". General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP). Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Suez Canal Region Map". General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP). Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  11. ^ "North Upper Egypt Province Map". General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP). Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Assiut province Map". GOPP Gov Egypt. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  13. ^ "South Upper Egypt Province Map". General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP). Retrieved 28 October 2016.

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