Egypt governorates quiz

The 27 governorates in the quiz

Egypt has 27 governorates: 27 in the quiz. Use the Capitals button in the panel to find their capitals instead.

How to play

In Point mode we name a governorate and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest governorates are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Damietta (about 390 sq mi), Qalyubia (about 460 sq mi), and Port Said (about 540 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

And watch out for look-alike names: North Sinai and South Sinai.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: New Valley, Matrouh, and Red Sea cover 71% of the area of Egypt.
• The 3 governorates bordering Sudan trace that border on the map: Aswan, New Valley, and Red Sea.
• 16 of the 27 have no coastline: Aswan, Asyut, Beni Suef, Cairo, Faiyum, Gharbia, Giza, Ismailia, Luxor, Minya, Monufia, New Valley, Qalyubia, Qena, Sharqia, and Sohag.
• Giza has the most neighbors: it borders 10 governorates. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.

Playing in class

If you teach in Egypt, start with your school’s governorate and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the country before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 27 governorates

1. Alexandria Alexandria
2. Aswan Aswan
3. Asyut Asyut
4. Beheira Damanhur
5. Beni Suef Beni Suef
6. Cairo Cairo
7. Dakahlia Mansoura
8. Damietta Damietta
9. Faiyum Faiyum
10. Gharbia Tanta
11. Giza Giza
12. Ismailia Ismailia
13. Kafr el-Sheikh Kafr el-Sheikh
14. Luxor Luxor
15. Matrouh Marsa Matruh
16. Minya Minya
17. Monufia Shibin El Kom
18. New Valley Kharga
19. North Sinai Arish
20. Port Said Port Said
21. Qalyubia Benha
22. Qena Qena
23. Red Sea Hurghada
24. Sharqia Zagazig
25. Sohag Sohag
26. South Sinai El-Tor
27. Suez Suez