Itay El Barud

Itay El Barud is a city in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt, on the agricultural road between Cairo and Alexandria, north of Kafr El Zayat and south of Damanhour, 140 km from Cairo and 84 km from Alexandria. Its name is Coptic, Eiti, which became Aitiyeh, and it was mentioned by medieval writers including Ibn al-Jiyan in the ninth century AH. It appears in history in the year 1228 as Itay El-Baroud, became the center of the Dalangat in 1884, and was named markaz Itai El-Baroud in 1896. The 2006 official census counted 44,856 people, of whom 21,991 were male and 22,865 were female.