Qalyubia

is one of the governorates of Egypt. Located in Lower Egypt. It is situated north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. Its capital is Banha. Qalyub is the commercial center for a significant agricultural region, and some records indicate that Qalyub has had a farmer’s market, regularly, for close to one thousand years.The name of Qalubiyya governorate is derived from Qalyub city in it. Qalyub is derived from Calliope.[5] Calliope is an ancient Greek goddess,the Muse of epic poetry. The people of Qalyub have often proven to be self-reliant like in 1905 when they built their own 500-bed hospital with no help from the state.Years later, the community received money from USAID for the hospital and the school, however, as in many rural villages, the Ministry of Social Affairs angered residents for not doing enough for them. In 1982, the Basic Village Service Program (BVS), under the auspices of USAID, had twenty-five water projects slated for Qalyub. On February 13, 2005, Qalyub was the location of a politically significant strike over the benefits and the privatization of the Qalyub Spinning Company. Qalyub was the site of the Qalyoub train collision in August 2006. Tuk-tuks, small cars, with government-issued license plates, can be seen in modern-day Qalyub as the district has seen a more than average increase in population growth.

Geography Banha and several other settlements blend into the neighboring Cairo Governorate; as a result, parts of Qalyubia (particularly Shubra El Kheima) are generally considered to form part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area (along with Cairo governorate, Giza city and 6 October city).

Programs and projects in 1981, the Basic Village Service Program (BVS) had several water projects going on in the Qalyubia Governorate. In a program that began on August 28, 2012 (through 2018), the European Union invested 40 million Euros on upgrading the infrastructure of informal areas in Qalyubia Governorate.