El Qanater El Khayreya
El Qanater El Khayreya is a city and a markaz in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt. It is the location of the Delta Barrages, the first modern irrigation structure across the Nile, located at the apex of the Nile Delta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 83,600 residents
- Description: human settlement in Egypt
- Also known as: “‘Ezbet Shalaqân”, “‘Izbat Shalqān”, “Al Qanatir al Khayriyah”, “Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah”, “Barrage”, “Delta Barrage”, “Delta Barrage Station”, “Delta-Barrage”, “El-Qanâtir el-Khairîya”, “El-Qanâṭir el-Khairîya”, “Muhammed ‘Ali Barrage”, and “Qanatir el Qahiriya”
El Qanater El Khayreya
- Categories: city and human settlement
- Location: Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“El Qanater El Khayreya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القناطر الخيرية”
- Arabic: “القناطر الخيريه”
- Arabic: “قناطر خيرية”
- Asturian: “Qanatir el Qahiriya”
- Belarusian: “Аль-Анатэр-аль-Хэйрэя”
- Cebuano: “Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah”
- Dutch: “Qanatir el Qahiriya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القناطر الخيريه”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تاريخ القناطر الخيرية”
- French: “Qanatir el Qahiriya”
- German: “al-Qanatir al-Chairiyya”
- German: “Al-Qanatir al-Chairiyya”
- German: “al-Qanatir”
- German: “Qanatir”
- Malagasy: “Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah”
- Persian: “قناطر خیریه”
- Polish: “Al-Kanatir al-Chajrijja”
- Russian: “Эль-Канатир-эль-Хейрия”
- South Azerbaijani: “قناطر خیریه”
- Swedish: “Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah”
- Uzbek: “Al-Qanatir al-Xayriya”
- Zulu: “El Qanater El Khayreya”
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