Al Maḩallah al Kubrá
El Mahalla El Kubra – commonly shortened to El Maḥalla – is the largest city of the Gharbia Governorate and in the Nile Delta, with a population of 550,000 as of 2024.
El Mahalla El Kubra – commonly shortened to El Maḥalla – is the largest city of the Gharbia Governorate and in the Nile Delta, with a population of 550,000 as of 2024. It is a large industrial and agricultural city in Egypt, located in the middle of the Nile Delta on the western bank of the Damietta Branch tributary. The city is known for its textile industry, and hosts the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company which employs around 27,000 people.
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Worth seeing in and around Al Maḩallah al Kubrá
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium
Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in El Mahalla El Kubra, Egypt. It is used mainly for football and serves as the home stadium of Ghazl El Mahalla, but it also hosts Baladeyet El Mahalla and Said El Mahalla home matches.
1.3 km · multi-purpose stadium located in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al Maḩallah al Kubrá
- Airports
- Cairo (CAI), 98 km · Sphinx (SPX), 99 km · Port Said (PSD), 108 km
- Cairo → Al Maḩallah al Kubrá101 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · E£165–225
- Al Jiza → Al Maḩallah al Kubrá518 km · quickest by road, 12h 40m · $60–85
- Port Said → Al Maḩallah al Kubrá113 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · E£190–255
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al Maḩallah al Kubrá
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Next door to Al Maḩallah al Kubrá
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá is 22 km from Al Mansurah, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- El Mahalla El KubraCity in Egypt400 m
- Samannudcity in Egypt7.6 km
- Busirisvillage in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt9.8 km