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About Al Bājūr
El Bagour (Arabic: الباجور pronounced [elbɑˈɡuːɾ]) is a town in northern Egypt. It is located in the Nile Delta in the Monufia Governorate. El Bagour has 48 surrounding villages.
From the Wikipedia article El Bagour (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
By 1783 it was known as Badjur, and was part of the Wilayat Menoufia , during which time it was part of the Ottoman Empire. The city is mentioned in Ali Pasha Mubarak's work al-Khitat al-Tawfiqiyya al-Jadida in the late 1880s, where he stated it was village in the Menoufia district within the Sobek region. He stated the village had 5 mosques with shrines, a chicken factory, orchards, and waterways. The total land area at the time was 1291 acres with a population of 1,998 people who were all Muslims, and the village was known for its manufacturing of licorice.
From the History section of El Bagour on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Cairo West Air Base (CWE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 37 km away.
- Quwaysinā 19 km northeast, about 19 min by car
- Shubrā al Khaymah 40 km southeast, about 40 min by car
- Tanta 40 km north, about 40 min by car
- Cairo 46 km southeast, about 46 min by car
- Zagazig 48 km east, about 48 min by car
- Al-'Ubūr 48 km southeast, about 48 min by car
- Giza 50 km south, about 50 min by car
- Madīnat as Sādāt 51 km west, about 51 min by car
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 61 km north, about 1 h by car
- New Cairo 61 km southeast, about 1 h by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
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Photo credits
- Bagour-city2, Ehab Montaser, CC BY-SA 3.0
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