Itay El Barud is a city in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

History

Itay El Barud was mentioned by Amelino, Ibn Matti and Al-Zubaidi, and Ibn al-Jiyan mentioned it in the ninth century AH with the name (Atiyeh and its miniature), and its name is Coptic (Eiti) and it turned into (Aitiyeh). Then it emerged in the history of the year 1228 in the name of (Itay El-Baroud) and became Delingat markaz in 1884, then it was named the Itai El-Baroud markaz in 1896.

Geography

Itay El-Baroud is located on the agricultural road between Cairo and Alexandria, north of Kafr El Zayat and south of

Damanhour Damanhur ( ar, دمنهور ', ; Egyptian: ''Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w''; cop, ⲡϯⲙⲓⲛ̀ϩⲱⲣ '; ; grc, Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά ') is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cai ...

, and is 140 km away from

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

and 84 km from

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

Population

Itai's population reached 44,856, of whom 21,991 were male and 22,865 were female, according to the 2006 official census. البيانات السكانية لمدينة أو قرية حسب تقديرات السكان 2006 (محافظة البحيرة). الجهاز المركزي للتعبئة العامة والإحصاء. تاريخ الوصول: 7 نوفمبر 2014. نسخة محفوظة 22 أكتوبر 2017 على موقع واي باك مشين.

References

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