Beheira Governorate

Al - Buhaira (also Beheira; Arab محافظة البحيرة Muhafazat al - Buhaira, DMG Muhafazat al - buhaira, ancient Egyptian: Albufera ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. 2006 had 4,737,129 inhabitants.

It is located in the northwestern Nile Delta. It is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the province of Kafr al- Sheikh, al - Gharbiyya and al - Minufiyya, to the south by the Government al - Giza and to the west by the province Matruh and Alexandria. The province extends into the Libyan desert to the Wadi Natrun in -. The capital city of Damanhur is located about 135 km from Cairo.