Giza Governorate

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Giza Governorate is an administrative region in Egypt that includes part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area and is renowned for housing the Giza Plateau with its iconic pyramids and the Sphinx.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governorate of Egypt
belongsTo Egyptian administrative divisions
borderedBy Alexandria Governorate
Beheira Governorate
Beni Suef Governorate
Cairo Governorate
Faiyum Governorate
Matrouh Governorate
Minya
surface form: Minya Governorate
capital Giza
contains 6th of October City
Bahariya Oasis
Dahshur necropolis
surface form: Dahshur

Giza
surface form: Giza Plateau

Giza
surface form: Giza city

Great Pyramid of Giza
Great Sphinx of Giza
Pyramid of Khafre
Pyramid of Menkaure
Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara

Sheikh Zayed City
country Egypt
countrySubdivisionOf Egypt
surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt
governedBy Governor of Giza
hasHeritageSite Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
hasISO3166-2Code EG-GZ
hasMajorCity 6th of October City
Giza
Sheikh Zayed City
hasMunicipality Giza City Council
hasSettlementType governorate
hasUNLocode EGGZ
hasVehicleRegistrationCode Giza
surface form: جيزة
knownFor Giza Pyramids
surface form: Giza pyramids

Great Sphinx of Giza
archaeological sites of Ancient Egypt
languageUsed Arabic
locatedIn Egypt
Greater Cairo metropolitan area
locatedOn west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Greater Cairo metropolitan area
surface form: Greater Cairo
partOfRegion Lower Egypt
Nile Delta
surface form: Nile Delta region (administrative definition)
timeZone Eastern European Time
UTC+02:00
traversedBy Nile
surface form: Nile River

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Cairo–Aswan highway connectsGovernorate Giza Governorate