Damietta
Damietta
دمياط | |
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Maeini Mosque Damietta Central Park El-Bahr Mosque The Nile Misr Public Library Horus University Damietta bridge | |
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Damietta Location of Damietta within Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°25′00″N 31°49′17″E / 31.41667°N 31.82139°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Damietta |
| Area | |
• City | 3.53 km2 (1.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• City | 305,920 |
| • Density | 88,630/km2 (229,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,100,000 |
| Demonym | Damiettan |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | EGP 110 billion (US$ 7 billion) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | (+20) 57 |
Damietta (Dumyāṭ [domˈjɑːtˤ]) is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt. It is located at the Damietta branch, an eastern distributary of the Nile Delta, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Mediterranean Sea, and about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Cairo. The city was a Catholic bishopric and is a multiple titular see. Damietta is also a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.