Kafr El Dawwar#Climate

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Kafr El Dawwar was the location of the famous Battle of Kafr El Dawwar between the Egyptian army, headed by Ahmed Orabi, and the British army, during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. For five weeks, Orabi was able to stop British forces from advancing toward the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Egyptian victory in the battle compelled the British to change their strategy, with British forces shifting to the Suez Canal to reach Cairo through Tel El Kebir.

In the early months of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, Kafr El Dawwar was the scene of industrial action that resulted in death sentences for two leaders of the strike.{{Cite web|title=Munir: Nasser's Egypt (Summer 1961)|url=https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/isj/1961/no005/munir.htm|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.marxists.org}}

In September 1984, protests broke out in Kafr El Dawwar over efforts by Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's President, to raise food prices during a period of wage decreases. Thousands of demonstrators threw rocks, and occupied markets and roads. In response, security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas, killing three persons at a milling plant, and injuring dozens more.{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2 October 1984|first=David|last=Ottaway|title=Mubarak Orders Price Rollbacks To Quell Violence Near Alexandria}} Rioting spread to other centres, including the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in El-Mahalla.

In the vicinity of the Kafr El Dawwar are a great number of ancient cemeteries (including Kom Ishu, Kom El Farag, Sidi Ghazi, Kom Defshu, Kom El Terfayeh, and Tell El Kanaies), where remains of pottery, and other items from Egypt's Ptolemaic era can be found.

The city is renowned for electricity generation as well as textile and fruit packing industries. Misr for Weaving and Spinning is the largest company in Kafr El Dawwar. Other industrial activities include paint, silk fibers and chemicals.

Agriculture is a major activity for the countryside that surrounds the industrial area.

The Mahmudiyya Canal ({{langx|ar|ترعة المحمودية}}) goes through Kafr El Dawwar north to Alexandria. It branches west from the Nile, and is the main source of drinking water and irrigation.

Kafr El Dawwar is classified by the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as having a hot desert climate (BWh).

Its highest record temperature, 45 °C (113 °F), was recorded on 30 May 1961, while its lowest record temperature, 0 °C (32 °F), was recorded on 31 January 31, 1994. Kafr El Dawwar has, on average, 38 rainy days annually.{{Cite web | url= http://voodooskies.com/weather/egypt/kafr-el-dauwar | title= Kafr el-Dauwar, Egypt | publisher= Voodoo Skies | access-date=13 August 2013 }}

Rafah, Alexandria, Abu Qir, Rosetta, Baltim, Kafr El Dawwar, and Mersa Matruh are the wettest places in Egypt.

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|Jan record high C=29

|Feb record high C=33

|Mar record high C=40

|Apr record high C=41

|May record high C=45

|Jun record high C=44

|Jul record high C=43

|Aug record high C=39

|Sep record high C=41

|Oct record high C=38

|Nov record high C=36

|Dec record high C=29

|Jan high C=17.7

|Feb high C=18.3

|Mar high C=20.8

|Apr high C=24.2

|May high C=27.5

|Jun high C=30.1

|Jul high C=30.4

|Aug high C=31.2

|Sep high C=29.8

|Oct high C=28.3

|Nov high C=24.4

|Dec high C=19.8

|Jan mean C=13.2

|Feb mean C=13.7

|Mar mean C=15.7

|Apr mean C=18.6

|May mean C=21.9

|Jun mean C=25.1

|Jul mean C=25.9

|Aug mean C=26.5

|Sep mean C=25.1

|Oct mean C=23.1

|Nov mean C=19.5

|Dec mean C=15.1

|Jan low C=8.7

|Feb low C=9.2

|Mar low C=10.7

|Apr low C=13

|May low C=16.4

|Jun low C=20.1

|Jul low C=21.5

|Aug low C=21.8

|Sep low C=20.5

|Oct low C=18

|Nov low C=14.7

|Dec low C=10.5

|Jan record low C=0

|Feb record low C=0

|Mar record low C=2

|Apr record low C=4

|May record low C=7

|Jun record low C=12

|Jul record low C=17

|Aug record low C=18

|Sep record low C=14

|Oct record low C=11

|Nov record low C=1

|Dec record low C=1

|Jan precipitation mm=43

|Feb precipitation mm=29

|Mar precipitation mm=9

|Apr precipitation mm=3

|May precipitation mm=2

|Jun precipitation mm=0

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|Oct precipitation mm=6

|Nov precipitation mm=21

|Dec precipitation mm=41

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|source 1= Climate-Data.org{{Cite web | url= http://en.climate-data.org/location/51115/ | title= Climate: Kafr al Dawar - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table | publisher= Climate-Data.org | access-date=13 August 2013 }}

|source 2= Voodoo Skies for record temperatures

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Kafr El Dawwar, like many other cities in Egypt, has a city council, which takes care of issues related to building permits and zoning.

• Hassan Shehata, former manager of Egypt's national football team.
• Tarek El Ashry, the former manager of Haras El Hodood football club.
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