Lake Timsah
Lake Timsah, Arabic for Crocodile Lake, is a lake in Egypt on the Nile Delta. It lies in a basin developed along a fault extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Suez through the Bitter Lakes region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Egypt
- Also known as: “At-Timsah Lake”, “Buhayrat at Timsah”, “Buḩayrat at Timsāḩ”, “Buheiret el-Timsaḥ”, and “Crocodile Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Suez Canal Authority Stadium and Ismailia Stadium.
Suez Canal Authority Stadium
Stadium
The Suez Canal Authority Stadium is located in Ismailia, Egypt. It is used by Olympic El Qanah. The stadium was demolished and was completely reconstructed between 2019 and 2022.
Ismailia Stadium
Stadium
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The Ismailia Stadium is located in Ismailia, Egypt, and has a total capacity of 18,525 after the remodelation in 2009, then it was upgraded to 30,000 seats after the remodelation in 2019 for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, It is used by Ismaily SC, and was one of six stadiums used in the 2006 African Cup of Nations and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, held in Egypt. Ismailia Stadium is situated 3 km northwest of Lake Timsah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ismailia.
Ismailia
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Ismailia is a city in north-eastern Egypt. Situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal, it is the capital of the Ismailia Governorate. The city had an estimated population of 450,388 in 2023.
Lake Timsah
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Timsah from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Timsah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة التمساح”
- Catalan: “Llac Timsah”
- Chinese: “提姆萨赫湖”
- Chinese: “提姆薩赫湖”
- Dutch: “Timsahmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة التمساح”
- French: “lac Timsah”
- French: “Lac Timsah”
- German: “Timsahsee”
- Hebrew: “אגם תמסח”
- Japanese: “ティムサーハ湖”
- Japanese: “ティムサー湖”
- Panjabi: “ਟਿਮਸਾਹ ਝੀਲ”
- Persian: “دریاچه تمساح”
- Polish: “Jezioro Krokodyli”
- Portuguese: “Lago do Crocodilo”
- Portuguese: “Lago Timsah”
- Russian: “Тимсах”
- Serbian: “Тимсах”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Timsah”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Timsah”
- Swedish: “Timsah”
- Ukrainian: “Тимсах”
- Uzbek: “Timsoh koʻli”
- Welsh: “Llyn Timsah”
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