Beheira Governorate is a coastal governorates in Egypt. It is in the north of the country and its capital is Damanhur. The distance from Cairo (Attaba) to el-Beheirah is 135 km. It is also one of the largest governates in Egypt. Beheira enjoys an important strategical place where it is located west of the Rashid branch of the Nile west and east of Marsa Matrouh. It containa four important highways, the Cairo desert road, the Cairo agriculture road, the international road and the circular road. Beheira contains an important tourist center, Islamic monuments, Coptic churches especially in Wadi El Natrun.