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al-Gharbiyah (Governorate, Egypt)

ةيبرغلا

Last modified: 2021-03-06 by ian macdonald
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[al-Gharbiyah governorate] image located by Ian MacDonald, 17 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

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The Governate

Foundation: 1960
Location: center of the Nile Delta
Area: 1,942 km˛
Population: 5 million
Capital: Tanta
Ian MacDonald, 17 February 2021

The Flags

Aspect ratio of the flags: 2: 3
The flag shows the roof and the minaret of a mosque in a cogwheel. The redesign of the flag in 2016 involved the color of the flag, the representation of the symbol in it and the addition of a banner with the name of the governorate.
Ian MacDonald, 17 February 2021

First Flag

[al-Gharbiyah governorate] image by Jaume Ollé

The first flag lacked the ribbon below and had a larger emblem.
Ian MacDonald, 17 February 2021

Coat of arms

[governorate arms] image located by Ian MacDonald, 17 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

The symbol from the flag from 2006 was chosen for the coat of arms of the governorate in 2010.
Ian MacDonald, 17 February 2021