El Behera

El – Behera governorate is one of Egypt governorates and its capital is the “Damenhour” city. It is located in the east of the delta and surrounded from the north by the Mediterranean Sea while from the east there is the Rashid Branch.
- From the west there are Alexandria and Matrouh governorates, and finally the Gizza governorate from the south. The total area of the governorate is 9826 km2 and the total population according to census 2001 about 4.34 million.
- September 19th 1807, is the memorial of the national day of the governorate, it was when the British military campaign under the leadership of “Frasier” withdrew from Egypt.
- The important cities in the governorate are as follows: Rashid, Shabrakhite, Etay El-baroud, Abu Hhemce, Housh Essa, Kafer El-Doware, El-Delengate, Koum Hamada, Damenhour, El-Mahmoudiya, Edko, Abu El-Matamire, El-Rahmaniya, New El-Noubariya and El-Natroun valley. In addition to 16 headquarters in the governorate.
- The governorate contributes in the industrial activities such as: textile, spinning, carpets, ginning cotton, chemicals, and dyeing.
Important Monuments in the Governorate:
- quitbay Citadel: it is located on the eastern coast of the Nile in Rashid. It was established by the Sultan El-Ashraf Abu El-Nasr Kaitbay at the end of the Mamluke age. It is an independent building 60 meters long and the width of its walls is 4.5 meters.
- Rashid Museum: it is held in one of the ancient houses with 4 floors in Rashid city which is history goes back to the first half from the 18th century.
- El-Amsilly House: it was established by Othman Agha El-Tobgy in 1213. it is a beautiful Islamic architecture antique whereas its carpentries are inlaid by ivory and jewelry in addition to beautiful Arabic variegations. It was established in the Mamlukes ages.
- Memorial Statue: it is a large portrait documenting the digging of the Mahmoudiya Lake and has some writings in Turkish but it was recently translated into Arabic. It was first hanged in the big mosque in the mahmoudiya but was then moved at the head of the Lake.
- El-Natroun valley monastery: where there are all the tombs of the orthodox priests. The monastery is found in El-Natroun desert.
- King Farouk Palace: in Edfina which became the location of the veterinary medicine school, Alexandria University.
- Edkoo Malahate (Lakes).
- El-Baladiya Theater: that became a cinema recently. It was established in form of the opera house during the ruling of the khedive Ismael ruling.
- El-Baladiya library: which was established during the khedive Ismael ruling.
- Law School: that became the agricultural school recently. The building is considered a beautiful architecture antique established during the khedive Ismael ruling.
- Edfina Arch.
- El-Ateff electric station: located in the Mahmoudiya. It used work by burning the charcoal from a century.