El Mahalla El Kubra

El Mahalla el Kubra is the most important metropolis of the Gharbia Governorate and within the Nile Delta, with a population of 535,278 as of 2012. It is a massive business and agricultural city in Egypt, positioned in the middle of the Nile Delta on the western bank of the Damietta Branch tributary. The metropolis is understood for its textile enterprise, and hosts the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company which employs c. 27,000 humans. El Mahalla el Kubra changed into called Didouseya all through the Roman technology, meanwhile it became called in Coptic records.

El Mahalla el Kubra become detailed because the capital of Gharbia Governorate in 1320 by using Ibn Qalawun, before it became relocated to Tanta in 1836. Over 15,000 protesters clashed with police in El Mahalla in 2006, following the guide of a caricature mocking Islam in Denmark. Later in 2006 textile people struck to protest market reforms, demanding better living situations. Beginning in April 2008 the metropolis held mass demonstrations protesting the election effects of President Hosni Mubarak, claiming election fraud and disturbing better wages.