El-Mahalla El-Kubra

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Al - Mahalla al - Kubra (Arabic المحلة الكبرى, DMG al - Mahalla ) is an Egyptian city on the eastern arm of the Nile in the province of al - Gharbiyya. With about 450,000 inhabitants, it is one of the largest cities in the Nile Delta and the country. Apart from agriculture, the textile industry is the main industry. al - Mahalla al - Kubra is the home of the football club Ghazl El- Mehalla, which in 1973 won the Egyptian Cup.

In al - Mahalla al - Kubra is the largest manufacturing plant in Egypt, the " Spinning and Weaving Misr ". From the strike of the factory in April 2008, the Solidarity Youth Movement of April 6, which was an important element of the later revolution in Egypt in 2011 developed.

On the night of 7 December 8, 2012, the city declared its independence.

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Famous people

• Ibn Zunbul († 1574/75 or 1653), chronicler and geomancers
• Muhammad Badi'e (* 1943), 8th President of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Wael Gomaa ( b. 1975 ), football player
• Reham Abd el - Ghafur (born 1978 ), actress