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[[File:Egypt Damietta locator map.svg|thumb|250px|Damietta Govrenorate on the map o Egyp]]

'''Damietta Govrenorate''' ({{lang-ar|‏محافظة دمياط}} {{transl|ar|''Muḥāfaẓat Dumyāṭ''}}) is ane o the [[govrenorates o Egyp|govrenorates]] o [[Egyp]]. It is locatit in the northeast o the kintra wi a population o ower 1 million. Its caipital is the ceety o [[Damietta]].

Damietta is famous for its [[guava]] ferms, as well as the palm trees that cover the coast frae [[Ras El Bar]] in the east tae Gamasa in the wast. The govrenorate exports millions o palm trees tae mony kintras ivery year, includin [[Greece]] an [[Fowkrepublic o Cheenae|Cheenae]]. Damietta an aa produces wheat, maize, cotton, rice, potatoes, lemon, grapes an tomatoes. It is an aa famous for its sweet industry, sardine packin, an [[Domiati cheese]]. [[Ras El Bar]], ane o the auldest simmer resorts in Egyp, is locatit at the point whaur the [[The Nile]] meets the [[Mediterranean Sea]].

==Statistics==
The govrenorate's aurie is 1.029&nbsp;km² or aboot 5% o the Delta's aurie, an aboot 1% o the aurie o Egyp. The inhabitit aurie is aboot 589.2&nbsp;km². Its population – accordin tae a 1999 census – wis  953,430. The average rate o population growth is 2.09% per year.

==Admeenistrative diveesions==
The governorate consists of 4 central admeenistrations, 10 ceeties, 35 local veelager unit, 59 veelages an 722 sub-veelages. The names o the central admeenistrations are Damietta Central (Markaz Dumyat), Faraskur Central (Markaz Faraskur), Zarqa Central (Markas Al-Zarqa), an Kafr Saad Central (Markaz Kafr Saad). The govrenorate includes 7 colleges an institutes, 19 professional trainin centers, an 657 pre-college schuils.

==History==
===The Fift an Seivent Crusade===
{{See|Seivent Crusade}}
The European Crusaders temporarily occupied the ceety for 2 years frae 1219 tae 1221, durin the [[Fift Crusade]].
Durin the [[Seivent Crusade]], [[Baibars]] an the [[Mamluks]] defeatit the Crusaders at Damietta.

==Furnitur Industry==
[[Damietta]] is famous o its skilled carpenters an furniture. These productions are no anerlie sauld inside o Egyp, but an aa in the Middle East, Europe an the USA. 80% o the govrenorate's income is relatit tae furniture.

== See an aa ==
* [[Damietta]]
* [[Damietta Port]]
* [[Ras El Bar]]
* [[Battle o Al Mansurah]]
* [[Battle o Fariskur]]
* [[Siege o Damietta (1218)]]
* [[Siege o Damietta (1249)]]

==Freemit airtins==
*[http://www.domyat.gov.eg/ Damietta Govrenorate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730024115/http://www.domyat.gov.eg/ |date=2008-07-30 }} Offeecial wabsteid

{{Govrenorates o Egyp}}
{{Commonscat|Damietta Governorate}}

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