Kafr al Baţţīkh, Egypt
كفر البطيخ
Kafr al Baţţīkh is a town of 47,198 people in Damietta, Egypt.
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About Kafr al Baţţīkh
Kafr El Battikh (Arabic: كفر البطيخ) is a city in the Damietta Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 44,700 people in 2018.
From the Wikipedia article Kafr El Battikh (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The older name of the town was Bura (Arabic: بوره), which comes from a Coptic name for grey mullet (Coptic: ⲫⲟⲣⲓ, romanized: phori).
The city was an important fishing town and got a new name when its production changed to watermelons in the Ottoman times. Yaqut mentions, aside from the fish, turbans as its other claim to fame. Bura was for a short time captured by the Crusaders in 1213.
From the History section of Kafr El Battikh on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Port Said International Airport (PSD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 50 km away.
- Dumyāţ al Jadīdah 7 km northwest, about 7 min by car
- Damietta 7 km east, about 7 min by car
- Kafr Sa‘d 7 km southwest, about 7 min by car
- Fāraskūr 9 km south, about 9 min by car
- Ar-Rawḍah 9 km south, about 9 min by car
- Ţalkhā 52 km southwest, about 52 min by car
- Al Mansurah 53 km southwest, about 53 min by car
- Port Said 56 km east, about 56 min by car
- Būr Fu’ād 58 km east, about 58 min by car
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 73 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- La route vers Ras el-bar - panoramio - youssef alam, youssef_alam, CC BY 3.0
- Sundown..jp, Esraa Mohamed Aita, CC BY-SA 4.0
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