Governorates

Total population

Poverty rate

No of libraries

Persons/library

Al Wadi Al Gaded

169,896

6.24

42

4045

Alexandria

4,087,682

6.41

73

55,996

Assuit

2,953,561

60.97

124

23,819

Aswan

1,187,943

40.92

33

35,998

Beni Sweif

2,253,076

41.45

26

86,657

Behaira

4,676,382

23.51

78

59,954

Cairo

7,774,143

7.62

308

25,241

Dakahleya

4,830,513

9.30

256

18,869

Domiat

1,074,948

1.11

64

16,796

Fayoum

2,441,333

28.71

44

55,485

Gharbya

3,940,061

7.64

59

66,781

Giza

6,562,923

22.97

176

37,289

Ismailia

832,315

18.84

41

20,300

Kafr Al Shikh

2,576,792

11.20

43

59,925

Luxor

440,110

18.44

10

44,011

Marsa Matrouh

212,219

4.32

8

26,527

Menia

2,895,597

30.93

36

80,433

Menofia

3,941,818

17.93

56

70,390

North Sinai

300,502

27.87

22

13,659

Port Said

384,571

4.43

40

9614

Qalyoubya

4,175,659

11.33

111

37,619

Qena

2,938,079

39.02

32

91,815

Red Sea

225,937

4.00

10

22,594

Sharkeya

5,307,846

19.15

71

74,758

Sohag

3,662,619

47.54

31

118,149

South Sinai

116,379

0.00

10

11,638

Suez

103,478

1.94

30

3449

Total

70,066,382

21.56

1834

38,204