Monufia Governorate (Arabic: محافظة المنوفية Muḥāfaẓah Al Monofeya  IPA: [elmenoˈfejjæ, -monoˈ-]) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Monufia’s name was derived from the hieroglyphic word “Nafr”, which means “The Good Land”. It is located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, to the south of Gharbia Governorate and to the north of Cairo. The governorate of Monufia is known for being the birthplace of four Egyptian presidents: Mohammad Anwar el-Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Adly Mansour, and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. The governorate is named after Menouf, an ancient city which was the capital of the governorate until 1826. The current governor (as of 2018) is Said Mohammed Mohammed Abbas.

The governorate is divided into municipal divisions, with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 4,802,305. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.

Municipal Divisions

Anglicized name	Native name	Arabic transliteration	Population (July 2017 Est.)	Type
El Bagour	مركز الباجور	Al-Bājūr	436,371	Markaz
Ashmoun	مركز أشمون	Ashmūn	920,871	Markaz
El Shohada	مركز الشهداء	Ash-Shuhadā'	377,133	Markaz
Birket el Sab	مركز بركة السبع	Birkat as-Sab'	338,111	Markaz
Sadat City	مركز و مدينة السادات	Madīnat as-Sādāt	196,666	Markaz
Menouf	قسم مدينة منوف	Minūf	129,179	Kism (fully urban)
Menouf	مركز منوف	Minūf	475,641	Markaz
Quweisna	مركز قويسنا	Quwaysinā	537,968	Markaz
Shibin el Kom	قسم شبين الكوم	Shibīn al-Kawm	275,347	Kism (fully urban)
Shibin el Kom	مركز شبين الكوم	Shibīn al-Kawm	516,990	Markaz
Sers El Lyan	قسم سرس الليان	Sirs al-Layyānah	80,327	Kism (fully urban)
Tala	مركز تلا	Talā	422,980	Markaz

According to population estimates in 2015, the majority of residents in the governorate lived in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of only 20.6%. Out of an estimated 3,941,293 people residing in the governorate, 3,128,460 people lived in rural areas as opposed to only 812,833 in urban areas.

The capital of the Monufia Governorate is the city of Shibin El Kom. The main cities of the governorate are Quesna, Tala, Bagour, Menouf, Ashmoun and Sers El Lyan. It is mainly an agricultural governorate.

• Shibin El Kom
• Menouf
• Ashmoun
• Sers El Lyan
• Tala
• El Bagour
• El Shohada
• Sadat City
• Quesna
• Birket El Sab
• Shanawan

According to the Egyptian Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), in affiliation with the Ministry of Investment (MOI), the following industrial zones are located in this governorate:

• Mubarak Industrial Zone and its expansion.
• Industrial Zones In kafr Dawod.
• (New urban community industrial zone) El Sadat.
• Industrial zone El lawy stud ran by El doc ramy.

In 1826, Mohammed Ali transferred the capital of Monufia from Menouf to Shibin El Kom as the latter fell exactly in the center of the governorate. Other than Shibin El Kom, the governorate had four other administrative divisions which are Quesna, Tala, Menouf and Talawy. In 1942, El Shohada became a new administrative division and included parts from Shibin El Kom and Tala. In 1947, Bagour was created to encompass regions from Menouf, Talawy, Quesna and Shibin El Kom. In 1955, five villages were taken from Tala and redistributed to Tanta. In 1960, Berket El Sabe'e (Lake of the Lion) was established and consisted of former towns and villages of Tala, Quesna and Shibin El Kom. In 1975, Sers El Lyan became a city rather than a village after it was separated from Menouf. In 1991, Sadat City was annexed to Monufia, being its only region west of the Rosetta branch. In the final round of the 2012 Egyptian presidential election, Monufia had the highest voter turnout rate of all governorates (61.5%) as well as the most overwhelming support for candidate Ahmed Shafik (71.5%).

The governorate is famous for the production of crops like cotton, maize and wheat as well as vegetable crops such as potatoes and green beans of which a large part is exported. Agricultural land is irrigated with water from the Rosetta and Damietta branches of the Nile. Agriculture is generally the main activity of the population due to the fertile land in the Nile Delta.

• St. Pishoy
• Anwar Sadat (1918–1981)
• Hosni Mubarak (1928–2020).
• Omar Fayed (b. 2003), Fenerbahçe football player
• Naguib El-Helaly Gohar (1944–2015), professor and university president

In 1981, the Basic Village Service Program (BVS), under the auspices of USAID, had several water, road, and other projects, going on in several markazes in the Monufia Governorate.

In 2018, the National Agricultural Animal Health Services (NAAHS) was formed by the Ministry of Agriculture in order to care for the rising number of infected horses and donkeys in the Shibin El-Kom area. This was sparked by the tragedy.

• Official Website Arabic
• Official Website English
• El Watan News of Monufia Governorate