Damanhur
Damanhur is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate.
Damanhur is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located 160 km (99 mi) northwest of Cairo, and 70 km (43 mi) ESE of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta.
Damanhur is a historic city, whose history can be dated back to the Old Kingdom of Egypt. The modern city has also absorbed the ancient villages Shubra al-Jadida, Tāmus, Askanida and Chortaso.
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Worth seeing in and around Damanhur
5 places 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.
- 01Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium
Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Damanhour, Egypt. It is mostly used for football matches and is the home stadium of Ala'ab Damanhour.
1.2 km · building in Egypt · Wikipedia - 02Al-Habashi Mosque
Al-Habashi Mosque is a mosque in Damanhur, in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt. It is named after Mahmoud Pasha Al-Habashi, a noble who lived in Damanhur during the 20th century.
1 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 03Damanhour University
Damanhour University is located in Damanhour, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. Originally a satellite campus of Alexandria University, it was granted independent university status in 2010.
1 km · university in Egypt · Wikipedia - 04Damanhour Stadium
Damanhour International Stadium was a proposed football stadium in Damanhour, Egypt that if built, would have become home to Ala'ab Damanhour Sporting Club, replacing their current home ground Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, and one of the venues to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup if Egypt was selected as hosts. The stadium had a planned capacity of 60,000 all-seated.
1.2 km · building in Egypt · Wikipedia - 05Al-Tawba Mosque
Al-Tawba Mosque is a 7th century mosque in Damanhour, Egypt. It is considered to be one of the oldest mosques in all of Africa.
0 m · mosque in Damanhour, Egypt · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Damanhur Opera House
This is a nice example of neoclassical architecture.
- 02The Repentance Mosque
This is quite the structure with a minaret and domes dominating its general appearance.
- 03Nasser Mosque
In case you are mosque-hopping, this one is quite large with a single tall minaret.
- 04Rashid branch Nile
Here you can witness an end of the world's longest river as it empties into the Mediterranean Sea, though it's not the famous place at Lesan Area.
From Wikivoyage: Damanhur, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Damanhur
- Airports
- Alexandria (HBE), 75 km · Sphinx (SPX), 111 km · Cairo (CAI), 136 km
- Alexandria → Damanhur56 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · E£85–115
- Al Jiza → Damanhur578 km · quickest by road, 14h 3m · $65–90
- Cairo → Damanhur131 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · E£215–285
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Damanhur
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Damanhur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Damanhur
Damanhur is 41 km from Rosetta, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.