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Gharbia Govrenorate
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Gharbia Govrenorate (محافظة الغربية Muḥāfaẓat al Gharbiyya, Inglis: Western Governorate) is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp. It is locatit in the north o the kintra, sooth o Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate, an north o Monufia Govrenorate. Its caipital is Tanta, which is 90 km north o Cairo, an 120 km sooth east o Alexandria. The lairgest ceety in Gharbia is El-Mahalla El-Kubra. The total aurie o Gharbia govrenorate is 25,400 km², makin it the tent lairgest govrenorate o Egyp.
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