Kafr El Battikh
Kafr El Battikh
كفر البطيخ | ||
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Governorate Damietta | | |
| Population (2018) | ||
| • Total | 44,716 | |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EST) | |
Kafr El Battikh (
Arabic: كفر البطيخ) is a city in the Damietta Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at about 44,700 people in 2018.[1]
History
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
- ^ "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 448.
- ^ 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.
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