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Ra's al Khalij Destination Guide

Explore Ra's al Khalij in Egypt

Ra's al Khalij in the region of Ad Daqahlīyah is a town in Egypt - some 85 mi or ( 137 km ) North of Cairo , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Ra's al Khalij is now 08:04 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tyre, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Shirbin. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tyre . Where to go and what to see in Ra's al Khalij ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Damietta University

Damietta University is an extension of Mansoura University in Damietta, in the Damietta Governorate in Egypt. The idea of opening classes for some faculties there began when the number of Mansoura University students in Damietta increased. The decision to open branch colleges followed.

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Located at 31.23 31.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Damietta, Universities in Egypt

Damietta

Damietta, also known as Damiata, or Domyat, is a port and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt. It is located at the Damietta branch, a distributary of the Nile, 15 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, about 200 kilometres north of Cairo.

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Located at 31.42 31.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Crusade places, Damietta, Governorate capitals in Egypt, Nile River Delta, Populated coastal places in Egypt, Populated places in Damietta Governorate

Caphutkia

Caphutkia (also Capotakia or Kapotakia) in Aramaic קפוטקיא, קפוטקאי, קפודקאי, (later Katpatuka in Old Persian) was the name used in mediaeval Jewish and Syriac writings for the town in the vicinity of the former Ptolemaic city of Pelusium and its later Arab counterpart Damietta. Caphutkia is mentioned in the Targums and the Syriac commentary on Genesis where it is identified with the locality called Caphtor in the Bible.

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Located at 31.42 31.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Medieval Egypt