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This is a list of cities and towns in Egypt, ordered alphabetically by muḥāfaẓah (governorate). (See also city; urban planning.)

Aswān

Asyūṭ

Al-Bahr al-Ahmar

Banī Suwayf

Al-Buḥayrah

Būr Saʿīd

Cairo

Al-Daqahliyyah

Dumyāṭ

Al-Fayyūm

Al-Gharbiyyah

Al-Iskandariyyah

Al-Ismāʿīliyyah

Janūb Sīnāʾ

Al-Jīzah

Kafr el-Shaykh

Maṭrūḥ

Al-Minūfiyyah

Al-Minyā

Al-Qalyūbiyyah

Qinā

Shamāl Sīnāʾ

Al-Sharqiyyah

Sūhāj

Al-Suways

Al-Uqṣur

Al-Wādī al-Jadīd

This article was most recently revised and updated by Richard Pallardy.