Ras El Bar (Egyptian Arabic: راس البر Rās el-Barr , IPA: [ɾɑːs elˈbɑɾ]), which means "head of land", is a resort city in the Governorate of Damietta, in northeast Egypt. It is located at Mediterranean Sea, at the mouth of the Damietta river, a distributary of the Nile, opposite Izbat al-Burj. There are approximately 25,000 permanent residents in the city.