Damietta (Egyptian Arabic:دمياطDumyāṭ, IPA:[domˈjɑːtˤ]), also known as Damiata, or Domyat, is a port and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt, a former bishopric and present multiple Catholic titular see. It is located at the Damietta branch, a distributary of the Nile, 15 kilometres (9.3mi) from the Mediterranean Sea, about 200 kilometres (120mi) north of Cairo.