Kafr El Battikh
City in Damietta, Egypt
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Kafr El Battikh (Arabic: كفر البطيخ) is a city in the Damietta Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 44,700 people in 2018.[1]
History
The older name of the town was Bura (Arabic: بوره), which comes from a Coptic name for grey mullet (Coptic: ⲫⲟⲣⲓ, romanized: phori).[2][3]
The city was an important fishing town and got a new name when its production changed to watermelons in the Ottoman times. Yaqut mentions, aside from the fish, turbans as its other claim to fame. Bura was for a short time captured by the Crusaders in 1213.[3]
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