Ezbet el-Borg
Government
Izbat al - Burj (Arabic عزبة البرج, DMG ʿ Izbat al - Burǧ, English often transliterated as Izbat Al Burj, Egyptian Arabic: ʿ Ezbet el- Borg, [ ʕezbet elboɾɡ ] ) is a coastal city with a significant fishing industry in the province of Damietta in Egypt. The city is located 15 km north-east of Damietta ( Damietta ) and 210 km from Cairo and has about 70,000 inhabitants.
The city lies on Egypt's Mediterranean coast at the mouth of the river Damietta, an arm of the Nile, opposite the city of Ras El Bar
History
The city got its name from the watchtower, which once stood here ( the Arabic word Burj is 'tower' ). 1869 60 m high lighthouse was built to guide ships in the Mediterranean, but this place is today nurmehr a shallow area of the Nile Delta. The city's founding goes back to a fief of Muhammad Ali Pasha at the Syrian family Kahil.
Economy
The city is home to about 10,000 fishermen - around 10% of workers in this industry operating in Egypt - and based one of the largest fishing fleets in Egypt, including traditional feluccas belong. In the city there is also a factory that canned sardines in oil. Fishing is thus the main source of income of the local population. Local fishermen go out to the eastern Mediterranean and in the Red Sea. The city is also a center in Egypt for the construction of ships and yachts.