Desouk

Desouk is a city in northern Egypt, in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, 80 kilometres east of Alexandria and bordered to the west by the Beheira Governorate. It had a population of 137,660 in 2011. The city dates back to at least about 3200 BC and was part of the ancient city of Buto before the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. From 1250 to 1517 it was part of the Gharbia province, and from 1798 to 1801 it was part of the now-defunct Rosetta province. Its name may derive from the Ancient Egyptian phrase meaning land of Sobek, attested on a statuette from Sais dating to the Third Intermediate Period, or from a form attested in Greek as Thasoukhios and Tasoukis; the cult of Sobek was present to the west of Disuq, on the other side of the Nile.