Lake Manzala
Lake Manzala, also Manzaleh, is a brackish lake, sometimes called a lagoon, in northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta near Port Said and a few miles from the ancient ruins at Tanis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bulwersator, Public domain.
- 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.
Al Gamil Fort
Locality
Port Said Airport serves the city of Port Said, Egypt, at the north end of the Suez Canal. In 2011, the airport served 36,962 passengers. Al Gamil Fort is situated 3 km west of Lake Manzala.
Port Said
Photo: Mohamed kamal 1984, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Said is Egypt's third largest city, its second largest seaport and the entry point of the Suez Canal by the Mediterranean.
Port Fuad
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Port Fuad or Port Fouad is a city in Port Said Governorate, Egypt. Port Fuad is located in northeastern Egypt at the northwesternmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Asian side of the Suez Canal, across from the city of Port Said. Port Fuad is situated 9 km east of Lake Manzala.
Lake Manzala
- Category: lake
- Location: Port Said Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.27431° or 31° 16′ 28″ northLongitude
32.23168° or 32° 13′ 54″ eastElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Open location code
8G3J76FJ+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 224523414OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Manzala from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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