Ezbet El Borg (Arabic: عزبة البرج, IPA: [ˈʕezbet elˈboɾɡ]; also transliterated ʻIzbat al-Burj, lit.

[1] The city is situated on the northern coast of Egypt at the mouth of the Damietta river, a distributary of the Nile, opposite Ras El Bar.

In 1869, a 180-foot (55 m) minaret was built to guide ships in the Mediterranean Sea, but this location is now just a shallow spot in the Nile riverbed.

[citation needed] The town was historically granted to the Syrian Kahil family by Muhammad Ali of Egypt.

[2] In recent history, there were accusations of ballot stuffing at the local voting station during the 2007 Shura Council election.