Ash Sharqiyah (Arabic: المحافظة الشرقيّةal-Muḥāfaẓä aš-Šarqiyyä, Eastern Governorate) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the north of the country. Its capital is Az Zaqaziq. Image File history File links Egypt-Ash_Sharqiyah. ... Countries where Arabic is spoken. ... Egypt is divided into 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah): Ad Daqahliyah Al Bahr al Ahmar Al Buhayrah Al Fayyum Al Gharbiyah Al Iskandariyah Al Ismailiyah Al Jizah Al Minufiyah Al Minya Al Qahirah Al Qalyubiyah Al Wadi al Jadid Ash Sharqiyah As Suways Aswan Asyut Bani Suwayf Bur Sa... Zagazig (Zakazlk, Arabic, Az-Zaqāzīq), is a town of Lower Egypt, and is the capital of the province of Ash Sharqiyah. ...
To the north, the Governorate of Musandam, overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, is separated from the remainder of Oman by some 95 km of United Arab Emirates territory.
Along the north-east of the range is the alluvial plain of the Batinah region, whilst to the west and south gravel plains stretch to the southern governorate of Dhofar.
In the Governorate of Dhofar the gravel plains rise southwards to the escarpment of the Dhofar mountains, reaching 1,800 m and comprising mainly tertiary rocks, including calcareous shale, limestone, and massive gypsum.
Kafr ash Shaykh is one of the governorates of Egypt.
AshSharqiyah is one of the governorates of Egypt.
muhaz (governorate) in the middle Nile Delta, Lower Egypt, bounded on the east and west by the Damietta and the Rosetta branches of the Nile, on the north by Kafr ash-Shaykh muhaz and by al-Minufiyah muhaz to the south.