Map of Egypt showing Damietta Governorate.

Damietta Governorate (Arabic: دمياط) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the north of the country. Its capital is the city of Damietta. The governorate of Damietta is famous by its Guava farms, specially in Senaniya and Kafr El-Battikh, also the palm trees that covers the coast from Ras El-Barr at east to Gamasa at west, and from the sea at north to Reyad village at south – except at the Dumyat Al-Jadida (New Damietta). Palm trees exceeds one and a half million .Damietta exported about 1.2 million palm trees to many countries , especially Greece and China. Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Egypt is divided into 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah): Ad Daqahliyah Al Bahr al Ahmar Al Buhayrah Al Fayyum Al Gharbiyah Al Iskandariyah Al Ismailiyah Al Jizah Al Minufiyah Al Minya Al Qahirah Al Qalyubiyah Al Wadi al Jadid Ash Sharqiyah As Suways Aswan Asyut Bani Suwayf Bur Sa... Damietta is a port in Dumyat, Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the Nile delta, about 200 kilometres north of Cairo. ...

Area

The governorate's area is 1.029 km² or about 5% of the Delta's area,and about 1% of the Egypt area. The occupied area is 589.2 km², the village has 546.4 km² from it or about 92.7%. It is famous of producing wheat, maize, cotton, rice, potatoes, lemon, grapes and tomatoes.

Its population – according to 1999 count – was 953,430, among of them is 691,687 with a percentage of 72,5% of the total population. The average rate of population growth is 2.09% per year.

Administration Division

The governorate consists of 4 central administrations, 10 cities, 35 local villager unit, 59 villages and 722 sub-villages (Kafr) . The names of the central administrations are Damietta Central (Markaz Dumyat), Faraskur Central (Markaz Faraskur), Zarqa Central (Markas Al-Zarqa), Kafr Saad Central (Markaz Kafr Saad). A governorate is a country subdivision. ...

The governorate includes 7 collages and institutes, 19 professional training centers, 657 pre-collage schools with a percent of 61% in the villages (ie. 403 schools) and 56 Azhar schools half of them are in the villages. The governorte also has one of the oldest summer resorts in Egypt name (Ras Albarr) which has the joint of the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile. A governorate is a country subdivision. ...

The Fifth Crusade

Crusades occupied the city for 2 years from 1219 to 1221. For additional information about the fifth crusade, see this link. // Events Saint Francis of Assisi introduces Catholicism into Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade The Flag of Denmark fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse Ongoing events Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Births Christopher I of Denmark (died 1259) Frederick II of Austria (died 1246) Guillaume de Gisors, supposedly the... // Events May 13 - End of the reign of Emperor Juntoku, emperor of Japan Emperor Chūkyō briefly reigns over Japan Former Emperor Go-Toba leads an unsuccessful rebellion against the Kamakura Shogunate Emperor Go-Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan January - Mongol Army under Jochi captures the city of... Frisian crusaders confront the Tower of Damietta, Egypt. ...

Production

Damietta is famous of its skilled carpenters and furniture, these productions are not sold only inside Egypt and Arab countries, but also in Europe and the USA. These productions are made in small to large workshops (Singular : Warsha – Arabic : ورشة Plural : Werash – Arabic : ورش ) that has a very skilled carpenters. It's also famous of sweet making, Sardine packing, dairy specially Damiettian cheese. Damietta is a port in Dumyat, Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the Nile delta, about 200 kilometres north of Cairo. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ...

External links

• Damietta Governorate Official website