Izbat al-Burj
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Ezbet El Borg عزبة البرج |
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 Map showing Izbat al-Burj in relation to the city of Damietta |
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 Ezbet El Borg
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| Coordinates: 31°30′11″N 31°50′28″E / 31.50306°N 31.84111°ECoordinates: 31°30′11″N 31°50′28″E / 31.50306°N 31.84111°E | |
| Country |
 Egypt
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| Governorate | Damietta |
| Population | |
| • Total | 70,000 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
Ezbet El Borg (Arabic: عزبة البرج, IPA: [ˈʕezbet elˈboɾɡ]; also transliterated ʻIzbat al-Burj , lit. Village of the Tower) is a coastal city with a large fishing industry in Damietta Governorate, Egypt. It is 15 km (9 mi) northeast of Damietta, and 210 km (130 mi) from Cairo. Its population is approximately 70,000.
The city is situated on the northern coast of Egypt at the mouth of the Damietta river, a distributary of the Nile, opposite Ras El Bar.
The city was named in reference to the defensive tower that once stood there ("Burj" in Arabic means tower). In 1869, a 180-foot (55 m) minaret was built to guide ships in the Mediterranean Sea, but this location is now just a shallow spot in the Nile riverbed. The town was historically granted to the Syrian Kahil family by Muhammad Ali of Egypt.
In recent history, there were accusations of ballot stuffing at the local voting station during the 2007 Shura Council election. The August 2009 Egyptian hostage escape from Somali pirates mostly involved sailors from the town.
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