Kafr El Battikh (Arabic: كفر البطيخ) is a city in the Damietta Governorate, Egypt.

[1] The older name of the town was Bura (Arabic: بوره), which comes from a Coptic name for grey mullet (Coptic: ⲫⲟⲣⲓ, romanized: phori).

[2][3] The city was an important fishing town and got a new name when its production changed to watermelons in the Ottoman times.

Yaqut mentions, aside from the fish, turbans as its other claim to fame.

Bura was for a short time captured by the Crusaders in 1213.