Lake Manzala

Lake Manzala, also Manzaleh, is a brackish lake, sometimes called a lagoon, in northeastern Egypt on the near and a few miles from the ancient ruins at Tanis.
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: lake in Egypt
  • Also known as: Al-Manzilah Lake”, “Baḥīrat manzala”, “Baḥra el Manzala”, “Buhayrat al Manzalah”, “Buḩayrat al Manzilah”, “Buḩayrat Manzalah”, “Buḥeiret el-Manzala”, “Lake Menzalah”, “Manzala Lake”, and “Manzaleh

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Gamil Fort and Port Said.

Locality
Port Said Airport serves the city of , , at the north end of the . In 2011, the airport served 36,962 passengers. is situated 3 km west of Lake Manzala.

is 's third largest city, its second largest seaport and the entry point of the Suez Canal by the Mediterranean.

Town
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or Port Fouad is a city in , . is located in northeastern Egypt at the northwesternmost tip of the on the Asian side of the , across from the city of . is situated 9 km east of Lake Manzala.

Lake Manzala

Latitude
31.27431° or 31° 16′ 28″ north
Longitude
32.23168° or 32° 13′ 54″ east
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
8G3J76FJ+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 224523414
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Geo­Names ID
352836
Wiki­data ID
Q635419
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Manzala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة المنزلة‎
  • Arabic: بحيرة المنزلة
  • Arabic: بحيرة منزلة
  • Arabic: بحيره المنزله
  • Bulgarian: Манзала
  • Burmese: မန်ဇလာကန်
  • Catalan: Llac Manzala
  • Cebuano: Buḩayrat al Manzalah
  • Chinese: 曼沙來湖
  • Chuvash: Манзала
  • Danish: Lake Manzala
  • Danish: Lake Menzaleh
  • Dutch: Lake Manzala
  • Dutch: Manzala-meer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيرة المنزله
  • French: Lac Manzala
  • French: lac Menzaleh
  • French: Lac Menzaleh
  • French: Manzala
  • Georgian: მანზალა
  • German: Lake Manzala
  • German: Manzala-See
  • German: Manzalasee
  • Hebrew: אגם מנזלה
  • Italian: lago Manzala
  • Italian: Lago Manzala
  • Italian: Manzala
  • Japanese: マンザラ湖
  • Kinyarwanda: Ikiyaga cya Manzala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Manzalasjøen
  • Norwegian: Manzalasjøen
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Mansaala
  • Polish: Buhajrat al-Manzila
  • Polish: Jezioro Manzala
  • Polish: Jezioro Manzila
  • Portuguese: Lago Manzala
  • Russian: Манзала
  • Russian: Мензале
  • Russian: Мензалех
  • Serbo-Croatian: Manzala
  • Slovenian: Buhayrat al-Manzilah
  • Slovenian: Manzalsko jezero
  • Spanish: Lago Manzala
  • Spanish: Lago Manzalah
  • Spanish: Lago Manzelah
  • Swedish: Buḩayrat al Manzalah
  • Ukrainian: Бухайрат ель-Манзіла
  • Ukrainian: Манзала
  • Venetian: lago Manzala
  • Welsh: Llyn Manzala

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dowrn Town Compound and Omar Ibn Abd Al Aziz Housing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alsideek mosque portsaid - مسجد الصديق بورسعيد and Alglaa Pharmacy portsaid - صيدلية الجلاء بورسعيد.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Manzala”. Photo: Bulwersator, Public domain.