Damanhur, Egypt
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Damanhur, population approximately 188,939) is located 160 km northwest of Cairo and about 70 miles east southeast of Alexandria in the middle of the western Delta. Damanhur, chief town (Capital) of the Governorate of Buhayra (Beheira or Behera), which extends from the Rosetta arm of the Nile to the Western (Libyan) Desert, lies on the Mahmudiya Canal at the west end of the Delta. Though it receives almost no tourists, it is a friendly town that seems to gather around its local mosque for social outings.