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Mīt Ghamr
Dakahlia, Egypt · Africa
About Mīt Ghamr
Mīt Ghamr sits on the route: 25 minutes from As Sanţah.
Mīt Ghamr is in Dakahlia, Egypt, with about 150,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is As Sanţah, about 13 km away.
Mit Ghamr (Egyptian Arabic: ميت غمر, IPA: [ˈmiːt ˈɣɑmɾ]) is a city in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. It is located on the banks of the Damietta branch, an eastern distributary of the Nile Delta. It is a major center for the aluminium industry, accounting for more than 70% of Egypt's total production, especiallyRead more
aluminium utensils. Mit Ghamr is the second largest city in Dakahlia Governorate, beside the city of Mansoura. The city is historically important as a center of Sufism during the Mamluk era. The city was destroyed three times by fires, the most severe of which occurred in 1902, and each time it was rebuilt. In the modern era it was settled by foreign communities, with a number of notable acts of resistance to the French and British occupations occurring in the city. Mit Ghamr is one of the Egyptian cities that declared its independence in the 1919 Egyptian revolution through what became known as the Sultanate of Mit Ghamr. It is also known as the birthplace of the first savings bank in the Middle East and the first modern Islamic bank in the world.
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Mīt Ghamr is in Dakahlia, Egypt, about 13 km from As Sanţah.
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- Population
- 153,754
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Region
- Dakahlia
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
- Coordinates
- 30.7152, 31.2592
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