Ezbet El Borg

Coordinates: 31°30′11″N 31°50′28″E / 31.50306°N 31.84111°E / 31.50306; 31.84111
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Ezbet El Borg
عزبة البرج
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Ezbet al-Borg

Ezbet El Borg (

transliterated ʻIzbat al-Burj, lit. Village of the Tower) is a coastal city with a large fishing industry in Damietta Governorate, Egypt. It is 15 km (9 mi) northeast of Damietta, and 210 km (130 mi) from Cairo. Its population is approximately 70,000.[1]

The city is situated on the

Ras El Bar
.

History

The Ras El Bar lighthouse seen from Ezbet El Borg.
Urabi fort (Tabiet Orabi) in Ezbet al-Borg

The city was named in reference to the defensive tower that once stood there ("

Arabic means tower). In 1869, a 180-foot (55 m) minaret was built to guide ships in the Mediterranean Sea, but this location is now just a shallow spot in the Nile riverbed.[citation needed] The town was historically granted to the Syrian Kahil family by Muhammad Ali of Egypt.[2]

In recent history, there were accusations of

Somali pirates mostly involved sailors from the town.[citation needed
]

Economy

The city is home to approximately 10,000 fishermen (1% of Egypt's total), and the base of Egypt's largest fishing boat fleet, including boats of the traditional felucca type. The city is also home to a sardine-canning factory operated by the Edfina Company.[3] The fishing sector provides the main source of income for the locals.[4] Many of the fishing boats venture far along the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea. It is also a center for ship and yacht-building in Egypt.[5] In 2014 and 2015, the fishermen of Ezbet El Borg were involved in a dispute with the Egyptian Authority for Maritime Safety regarding compliance with maritime safety standards.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ مدينة عزبة البرج (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. . Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. . Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. ^ United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service; United States. Joint Publications Research Service (1983). Near East/South Asia report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. . Ezbet el-Borg ship.
  6. ^ Jihad Abaza, Mahmoud Mostafa and Amira El-Fekki (14 April 2015). "The 'forgotten' fishermen of Ezbet El-Borg". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

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