El Karyun
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El Karyun
الكريون | |
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  El Karyun Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°8′6.75″N 30°11′36.67″E / 31.1352083°N 30.1935194°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Beheira |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 14,723 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
El Karyun (Arabic: الكريون) is a village in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt.
Known in Late Antiquity as Khaireon (Ancient Greek: Χαιρέον) or Khaireou (Ancient Greek: Χαιρέου, Coptic: ⲭⲉⲣⲉⲩ, Latin: Chaereu), it was an important town and a port on the Canopic branch of the Nile (modern Kanoubiya canal) and a starting point of a canal connecting it to Alexandria.
