Regional units of Egypt


The General Organization for Physical Planning, which was established in 1981, shows Egypt divided into seven regional units for physical planning purposes. The government body works on aspects of urban planning, land use in consideration of the economic conditions of regional units. However, it was believed that planning based on these units was unrealistic thus decentralization efforts were put in place.
Each governorate has a General Administration of Planning and Urban Development government body, in order to decentralize the functions of the GOPP.

Regional units and map

There are seven regional units, containing the following governorates. In 2014, plans were discussed to expand the seven to eleven but it didn't happen.