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Beheira is also distinguished with many tourist attraction sites

constituting the foundation for tourism development in the

governorate. Rosetta branch on the River Nile extends to meet the

Mediterranean to the east at Alexandria city. The north coast of

Beheira governorate is a natural extension to Alexandria coasts.

Rosetta city is also endowed with unique architectural and

historical monuments especially Islamic architecture. Rosetta

stone was discovered in the city whereby symbols of ancient

Egyptian language were decoded.

Furthermore, one of the famous areas is Netroun Valley, which is

famous for dry mild weather and the Coptic monuments such as

Baramousy monastery, of Anba Macarius monastery, Anba

Bishoy monastery and monastery of al-Surian.

Beheira has many investment opportunities, most important of

which are land reclamation as the government has arable lands. In

addition, there are opportunities for agricultural processing of

diverse agricultural products as well as tourism investment, which

could depend on monuments from different dynasties, sea shores,

lakes, religious sites and mild weather.

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