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al-Jizah (Governorate, Egypt)

ةزيجلا

Last modified: 2021-03-06 by ian macdonald
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[al-Jizah governorate] image located by Ian MacDonald, 18 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

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The Governorate

Location: Eastern edge of the Libyan Desert, southwest of Cairo
Area: 1,827 km˛
Population: 3 million
Capital: al-Fayyum
Ian MacDonald, 18 February 2021

The Flags

Aspect ratios of the flags: 2: 3
The symbol in the flag from 2006 showing the three pyramids of Giza framed by papyrus and a mosque with a minaret is placed in a white triangle on the side of the mast.
Ian MacDonald, 18 February 2021

First Flag

[al-Jizah governorate, variant] image by Jaume Ollé
Source: Vexilologie [vex] #35 & 38. It might be a former version of the flag.

In the first flag of al-Jizah, the three main pyramids of Giza, yellow on green flag cloth, can be seen.
Ian MacDonald, 18 February 2021

Second Flag (2006)

[al-Jizah governorate] image by Jorge Hurtado & Jaume Ollé
Source: Flag purchased by Jorge Hurtado.

The symbol in the flag from 2006 shows the three pyramids of Giza framed by papyrus and a mosque with a minaret.
Ian MacDonald, 18 February 2021

Coat of arms

[governorate arms] image located by Ian MacDonald, 18 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

The symbol from the flag of 2006 was further developed into the coat of arms in 2016.
Ian MacDonald, 18 February 2021