Banha
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بنها Banha |
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 28 ′ N , 31 ° 11 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Egypt | ||
| al-Qalyubiyya | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | EG-KB | ||
| Residents | 163.008 (2006) | ||
| Metropolitan area | 2,479,347 | ||
Banha or Benha ( Arabic بنها, DMG Banhā ) is a city in Egypt .
geography
It is located in the Nile Delta on the east bank of the Damiette arm of the Nile , around 50 kilometers north of Cairo . The city is the administrative seat of the al-Qalyubiyya Governorate .
Economy and Infrastructure
The industries represented here include cotton processing and the electronics industry.
The city is an important rail hub. On April 29, 1931, a serious railway accident occurred when a partially burning passenger train pulled into the city's train station. 48 people died.
The Taufīqī Canal Bridge in the wake of (el-Shahīd) Farid Nada St. was Egypt and all of Africa's first prestressed concrete bridge .
Sons of the city
- Schafik Allam (* 1928), German Egyptologist
- Saad Samir (* 1989), Egyptian soccer player
Web links
Commons : Banha - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Banhā - travel guide
