El Manzala

El Manzala

المنزلة
El Manzala المنزلة
town
	Fishermen on Lake Manzala
	El Manzala Location in Egypt
	Coordinates: 31°12′N 32°12′E / 31.200°N 32.200°E / 31.200; 32.200
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Dakahlia
Population
• Ethnicities:	Egyptians
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

El Manzala (Arabic: المنزلة) is a region (markaz) in Egypt. Situated in the Dakahlia Governorate, it lies on the Lake Manzala coast in the northeastern part of the country.

Etymology

The town's name comes from Lake Manzala which in turn derives from Arabic: نزل, romanized: nazala, lit. 'descend, stop, settle down'. In Middle Ages it was also known as pi-Manjōili (Coptic: ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲛϫⲱⲓⲗⲓ, lit. 'inn, lodging'), translated into Greek as Xenedokhou (Ancient Greek: Ξενεδόχου), thus making the modern Arabic name a translation of a Coptic one, where phonetic resemblance is only coincidental.^[1]

Projects

In 2018 money was earmarked by the Egyptian Government for infrastructure projects in El Manzala.^[2]

Divisions

El Manzala comprises villages such as:

Arab Zidan
Awlad Alam
Awlad Bana
Awlad Hana
Awlad Nasser
Awlad Nour
Awlad Serag
Awlad Soboor
Bani Hilal
El Ahmadiya
El Amarna
El Aziza
El Basaila
El Bosrat
El Dakanwa
El Dakanwa El Gedida
El Forasat
El Gideeda
El Hawata
El Nasaima
El Orban
El Qazaqiza
El Sherifiya
El Shibool
El Sataita
El Tawabra
Ezbet El Belasi

References

^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 60.
^ "Egypt to carry out $550mln sanitary project". Thomson Reuters Projects MENA. Mubasher.

External links

Ask Aladdin Manzala Travel Guide

31°12′N 32°10′E / 31.200°N 32.167°E / 31.200; 32.167

[:0-1] Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 60.

[Projects_2017-2] "Egypt to carry out $550mln sanitary project". Thomson Reuters Projects MENA. Mubasher.