| Kafr El Battikh | |
| Native Name: | كفر البطيخ |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 31.3234°N 31.7612°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Egypt |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Damietta |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 44,716 |
| Population As Of: | 2018 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | +02:00 |
Kafr El Battikh (ar|كفر البطيخ) is a city in the Damietta Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 44,700 people in 2018.[1]
The older name of the town was Bura, which comes from a Coptic name for grey mullet .[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.