Nuqrat al Hīshah
Nuqrat al Hīshah is a lake in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. Nuqrat al Hīshah is situated nearby to the locality ‘Izbat al Khayyāţah, as well as near ‘Ezbet el-Khaîyâṭa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumyat and Ras el-Barr.
Dumyat
Photo: Meissa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damietta is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt. It is located at the Damietta branch, an eastern distributary of the Nile Delta, 15 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, and about 200 kilometres north of Cairo.
Ras el-Barr
Town
Photo: Mahmoud mohamed madyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ras Elbarr, which is translated to "Cape of the Land", is a resort city in the Governorate of Damietta, Egypt. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Damietta Nile branch. Ras el-Barr is situated 7 km north of Nuqrat al Hīshah.
Nuqrat al Hīshah
- Type: Lake
- Also known as: “Nuqrat al Hishah” and “Nuqret el-Hîsha”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.45099° or 31° 27′ 4″ northLongitude
31.82882° or 31° 49′ 44″ eastElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
8G3HFR2H+9GGeoNames ID
355867
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