Dakahla or Daqahlah (; )إميل أميلينو: جغرافية مصر في العصر القبطي. ترجمة وتعليق: أرشيدياكون د. ميخائيل مكسي إسكندر. الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب 2013
↑ تعدى إلى الأعلى ل:أ ب ت ث ج is one of the old villages of Damietta, Egypt.القاموس الجغرافي للبلاد المصرية من عهد قدماء المصريين، محمد رمزي، القسم الثاني - البلاد الحالية، الجزء الأول - المحافظات ومديريات القليوبية والشرقية والدقهلية، الهيئة المصرية للكتاب، 1994م. ص
^ Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion stated that the village was located on the Phatnitic branch of the Nile delta and it was about 24 kilometers (15 miles) away from Tell el-Farma.
History The village of Dakahla, at the time of the Islamic conquest, was called Tkehli (), and It was located in a strategic position which allowed for great administration of the area, and It became the capital of a kūrah (nome) of the Caliphate at the time.
The village began declining at the end of the Fatimid period, and the capital of the area changed from Dakahla to Chemoun Erman ()
During Ottoman times, the village was part of the vilayet of Dakahlia, and at 1813 it was under the mudīriyyah of Dakahlia. Currently, it is part of the Governorate of Damietta.
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