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Mansoorah

Mansoura
المنصورة
Sunset in Mansoura
Sunset in Mansoura
Flag of Mansoura
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Nickname(s): Pearl of the Delta
Mansoura is located in Egypt
Mansoura
Mansoura
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°2′25″N 31°22′58″E / 31.04028°N 31.38278°E / 31.04028; 31.38278
Country  Egypt
Governorate Dakahlia
Founded 1219
Government
 • Governor Ahmed El Sharawy
Area
 • Total 371 km2 (143 sq mi)
Elevation 12 m (39 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 960,423
 • Density 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +(20) 50
Website Official website

El-Mansoura (Egyptian Arabic: المنصورةEl Manṣūra, IPA: [el.mɑnˈsˤuːɾɑ], rural: [el.mænˈsˤuːɾe]) is a city in Egypt, with a population of 960,423. It is the capital of the Dakahlia Governorate.

Mansoura in Arabic means "victorious". The city is named after the Egyptian victory at the El Mansoura Battle over Louis IX of France during the Seventh Crusade.

Mansoura was established in 1219 by al-Kamil of the Ayyubid dynasty. After the Egyptians defeated the Crusaders during the Sixth Crusade, it was named Mansoura (aka. "The Victorious").

In the Seventh Crusade, the Capetians were defeated and put to flight; between fifteen and thirty thousand of their men fell on the battlefield. Louis IX of France was captured in the main Battle of Mansoura, and confined in the house of Ibrahim ben Lokman, secretary of the sultan, and under the guard of the eunuch Sobih. The king's brother was imprisoned in the same house. The sultan provided for their sustenance. The house of Ibrahim ben Lokman is now the only museum in Mansoura. It is open to the public and houses articles that used to belong to the French monarch, including his personal thirteenth century toilet.

The Mansura Air Battle on October 14, 1973 occurred during the Yom Kippur War. Israeli Air Force fighters attacking Egyptian air bases were intercepted by the Egyptian Air Force. On that day, 160 jet fighters, most belonging to Israel, battled for 53 minutes over Mansoura. Despite the numerical and qualitative superiority of the Israeli warplanes, 2 Israeli planes were downed. The rest retreated. Egypt announced the loss of six planes, only three of which fell to Israeli fire. The Egyptian government subsequently changed the country’s "Air Force Day" from November 2 to October 14, to commemorate the Mansoura Air Battle.


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