Damietta Governorate

Damietta is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, and has a population of over 1.3 million. The capital is the city of .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 1,610,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Damietta”, “Domyat”, “Dumyāţ”, and “Mohafazat Dumyat

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumyat.

Damietta is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in . It is located at the Damietta branch, an eastern distributary of the , 15 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, and about 200 kilometres north of .

Damietta Governorate

Latitude
31.35° or 31° 21′ north
Longitude
31.75° or 31° 45′ east
Population
1,610,000
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
Open location code
8G3H8QX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
358044
Wiki­data ID
Q30644
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Damietta Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: دمياط
  • Arabic: محافظة دمياط
  • Arabic: محافظه دمياط
  • Armenian: Դումյաթ
  • Azerbaijani: Dümyat mühafəzəsi
  • Belarusian: Даміета
  • Belarusian: Дум’ят
  • Bengali: দামিয়েট্টা গভর্নোরেট
  • Bosnian: Damietta
  • Bulgarian: Дамиета
  • Catalan: governació de Damiata
  • Catalan: Governació de Damiata
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at Dumyāţ
  • Chinese: Damietta Séng
  • Chinese: 杜姆亚特省
  • Chinese: 杜姆亞特省
  • Czech: Damieta
  • Czech: Damietta
  • Czech: Dumját
  • Danish: Dumyat
  • Dutch: Damietta
  • Esperanto: Provinco Dumjat
  • Finnish: Damiettan kuvernementti
  • Finnish: Dumjatin kuvernoraatti
  • French: Damiette
  • French: Gouvernorat de Damiette
  • Georgian: დუმიატი
  • Georgian: დუმიატის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Damiette
  • German: Dumyat
  • German: Dumyāṭ
  • German: EG-DT
  • German: Gouvernement Dumyat
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Δαμιέτης
  • Gujarati: ડેમિએટા ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: דומיאט
  • Hebrew: דמיאט
  • Hebrew: מחוז דומיאט
  • Hebrew: מחוז דֻמיאט
  • Hindi: दुमयात मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Hindi: दैमिएता गवर्नरेट
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Tamiat
  • Irish: Gobharnóireacht Damietta
  • Italian: Governatorato di Damietta
  • Japanese: ディムヤート県
  • Kannada: ಡಾಮಿತಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 다미에타주
  • Ladino: Damieta
  • Latin: Damietta
  • Latin: Dumyat
  • Latin: Dumyāṭ
  • Latvian: Dumjātas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Damietos muchafaza
  • Lithuanian: Dumjato muchafaza
  • Malay: Damietta Governorate
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Damietta
  • Marathi: डॅमिएटटा गव्हरनेटेट
  • Min Nan Chinese: Damietta Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Guvernementet Dumyat
  • Norwegian: Guvernementet Damietta
  • Persian: استان دمیاط
  • Polish: Damietta (muhafaza)
  • Polish: Damietta
  • Portuguese: Damieta
  • Romanian: Dumyat
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Damietta
  • Russian: Думьят
  • Scots: Damietta Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Damietta Governorate
  • Serbian: Дамијета
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dumjat (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dumjat
  • Sinhala: ඩමීඑට්ටා පළාත
  • Slovenian: EG-DT
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Damieta
  • South Azerbaijani: دمیاط اوستانی
  • Spanish: Damieta
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Damieta
  • Swahili: Dumyat
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Damietta
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Domyat
  • Swedish: Damietta
  • Swedish: Guvernementet Damietta
  • Tajik: Вилояти Думёт
  • Tamil: தமியேட்டா கோவெர்னோகைட்
  • Telugu: డామియెట్టా గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการดาเมียตตา
  • Turkish: Dimyat
  • Ukrainian: Дум’ят
  • Ukrainian: Думьят
  • Urdu: محافظہ دمیاط
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Damietta
  • Waray (Philippines): Damietta
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ دمیاط
  • Wu Chinese: 杜姆亚特省
  • Zulu: Damietta Governorate

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