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Kafr El Battikh

Coordinates: 31°19′24″N 31°45′40″E / 31.32336°N 31.76122°E / 31.32336; 31.76122
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Kafr El Battikh
كفر البطيخ
Kafr El Battikh is located in Egypt
Kafr El Battikh
Kafr El Battikh
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°19′24″N 31°45′40″E / 31.32336°N 31.76122°E / 31.32336; 31.76122
Country Egypt
GovernorateDamietta
Population
 (2018)
 • Total44,716
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EST)

Kafr El Battikh (Arabic: كفر البطيخ) is a city in the Damietta Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 44,700 people in 2018.[1]

History

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The older name of the town was Bura (Arabic: بوره), which comes from a Coptic name for grey mullet (Coptic: ⲫⲟⲣⲓ, romanized: phori).[2][3]

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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  2. ^ Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 448.
  3. ^ a b Al-Maqrīzī. Book of Exhortations and Useful Lessons in Dealing with Topography and Historical Remains. Translated by Stowasser, Karl. Hans A. Stowasser. p. 223.