Pigeon tower in Shubra Khit · Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Shubrakhiit · Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nile in Shubrakhit, Egypt · Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Country side of Shubra Khit, Egypt · Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Shubrākhīt, Egypt

شبراخيت

Shubrākhīt is a town of 41,233 people in Beheira, Egypt.

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Population41,233 GeoNames

Local nameشبراخيت

RegionBeheira

Elevation0 m 0 ft

Time zoneAfrica/Cairo

Nearest airportBorg El Arab International Airport (HBE) 98 km

Why visit Shubrākhīt

Townapedia lists 1 place to stay in and around town.

About Shubrākhīt

Shubra Khit (Arabic: شبراخيت, from Coptic: ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ ϧⲏⲧ, lit. 'northern hamlet') is a town in Beheira Governorate in Egypt, which is famous for being the place of the "Battle of Shubra Khit" between the army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Mamluk cavalry under Murad Bey on July 13, 1798.

From the Wikipedia article Shubra Khit (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to stay1

NourCards Apartments

Motel and hotel

24 madares al nahda street

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Getting there and nearby towns

Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 98 km away.

Ar Raḩmānīyah 11 km northwest, about 11 min by car
Disūq 13 km northwest, about 13 min by car
Basyūn 14 km southeast, about 14 min by car
Tanta 38 km southeast, about 38 min by car
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 44 km east, about 44 min by car
Kafr ad Dawwār 57 km west, about 57 min by car
Al Mansurah 63 km east, about 1 h by car
Ţalkhā 63 km east, about 1 h by car
Alexandria 78 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
Zagazig 90 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car

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Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text

Photo credits

Pigeon tower in Shubra Khit, Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Shubrakhiit, Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Nile in Shubrakhit, Egypt, Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Country side of Shubra Khit, Egypt, Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0

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