Beheira Governorate is a coastal governorate 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, west of the Rashid branch of the Nile and east of Marsa Matrouh. It contains 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 and Coptic churches, especially in Wadi El Natrun.