El Manzala | |
Native Name: | المنزلة |
Settlement Type: | town |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Dakahlia |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities: |
Population Blank1: | Egyptians |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 31.2°N 44°W |
El Manzala is a region (markaz) in Egypt. Situated in the Dakahlia Governorate, it lies on the Lake Manzala coast in the northeastern part of the country.
The town's name comes from Lake Manzala which in turn derives from . In Middle Ages it was also known as pi-Manjōili, translated into Greek as Xenedokhou, thus making the modern Arabic name a translation of a Coptic one, where phonetic resemblance is only coincidental.[1]
In 2018 money was earmarked by the Egyptian Government for infrastructure projects in El Manzala.[2]
El Manzala comprises villages such as: