Beheira Governorate

Beheira Governorate (Arabic: البحيرة , el-Beheirah; 'the Lake') is a coastal governorates in Egypt. It is in the north of the country and its capital is Damanhur. The distance from Cairo (Attaba) to Al Buhayrah is 135 km. It is also one of the largest governates in Egypt. Behria enjoys an important strategical place where it is located rashid branch west and marss matrouh east and on the north the Mediterranean sea and in the south Cairo and Giza. It contain four important roads, Cairo desert road and Cairo agriculture road and the international road and the circular road, behira contains an important tourstical place and Islamic places also it contains churches especially in Wadi El Natrun.

Behira consists of 13 cntres and 14 cities behira is considered a catle of education because it contain more than 2,345 schools and 243 ahari schools also it contains faculties which are present in damnhour and also in Idfena in Rashid for faculty of veterinarian also it contains an important industries like cotton and chemicals, carpets electricity production and also in nubariia it contains compound power station. Also in kafr el dawar, an important city in behira for large amount of industries present there like cotton and clothes production and electricity production and fruits packing also behira is considered an important place for fish production especially in Rashid where a lot of fisher mens work in fishing and produce large amount of fishes which are considered a treasure place of fishes of different types.

Cities in Al Buhayrah Governorate

• Damanhur
• Wadi El Natrun
• Rosetta