Ezbet El Borg
عزبة البرج | |
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 Map showing Izbat al-Burj in relation to the city of Damietta | |
  Ezbet El Borg Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°30′11″N 31°50′28″E / 31.50306°N 31.84111°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Damietta |
| Population | |
| • Total | 70,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Ezbet El Borg (Arabic: عزبة البرج, IPA: [ˈʕezbet elˈboɾɡ]; also 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 northern coast of Egypt at the mouth of the Damietta river, a distributary of the Nile, opposite Ras El Bar.
- ^ مدينة عزبة البرج (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.