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![[al-Jizah governorate]](../images/e/eg-jiza2.gif)
image located by Ian MacDonald,
18 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020
See also:
Location: Eastern edge of the Libyan Desert, southwest of Cairo
Area:
1,827 km²
Population: 3 million
Capital: al-Fayyum
Ian MacDonald,
18 February 2021
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
![[al-Jizah governorate, variant]](../images/e/eg-jiza1.gif)
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
![[al-Jizah governorate]](../images/e/eg-jiza.gif)
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
![[governorate arms]](../images/e/eg-jiza)2.gif)
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
![[governorate arms]](../images/e/eg-nsc.gif)
image by Kocaelianon, 21 December
2025
Flag based on photo, photo
Kocaelianon, 21 December
2025
The upper left and lower right corners have rounded blue triangled with a
gold contour on the desk flag.
Daniel Rentería, 21 December 2025
A "blue corners" flag variety of the earlier white-field "New Sphinx
City" flag at
https://www.dailynewsegypt.com
Although this flag is presented as a "New Sphinx City" flag, the only Arabic
word shown is "Sphinx" below the design. As there is no "x" in Arabic, an Arabic
"k" and "s" are combined to substitute as "sk" for the "x" at the left ending.
As there is no "p" in Arabic, the Arabic letter "f" [ ـفـ ] is substituted. So,
when viewed (left-to-right) we see: "sknfs" or when read in Arabic
(right-to-left) as "sfnks" or "sfinks" for "sphinx". Neither "new" nor "city"
appears in Arabic.
William Garrison, 21 December 2025
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