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Alexandria ( / ˌælɪɡˈzændriə, - ˈzɑːn -/ AL-ig-ZA (H)N-dree-ə; [ 5] Arabic: الإسكندرية; [ a] Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια[ b], Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...
List of towns and villages in Egypt. Subdivisions of Egypt. Geography of Egypt. Climate of Egypt. List of historical capitals of Egypt. List of urban areas in Africa by population. List of largest cities in the Arab world. Lists of cities in Asia.
Telephone numbers in Egypt. 20 is the international dialing country code for Egypt . The telephone numbers are designated under the 2003 Telecom Act created by the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. [1]
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina ( Latin, ' Library of Alexandria '; [ 1] Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية, romanized : Maktabat al-’Iskandariyya, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mækˈtæb (e)t eskendeˈɾejjæ]) ( BA) is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is a commemoration ...
Area code. (+20) 86. Minya [spelling 1] ( Arabic: المنيا [elˈmenjæ]; Coptic: ⲧⲙⲱⲛⲏ, romanized: tmōnē) is the capital of the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is located approximately 245 km (152 mi) south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile River, which flows north through the city.
376,302. • Density. 860/km 2 (2,200/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+2 ( EET) 6th of October ( Modern Standard Arabic: السادس من أكتوبر Al Sādis Min Uktōber; Egyptian Arabic: ستة اكتوبر Setta Oktōbar) is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. It is a satellite city, located adjacent to Giza, and is part of the Greater Cairo ...
Aswan is the ancient city of Swenett, later known as Syene, which in antiquity was the frontier town of Ancient Egypt facing the south. Swenett is supposed to have derived its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name. [10] This goddess later was identified as Eileithyia by the Greeks and Lucina by the Romans during their occupation of ...
Geography of Egypt. The geography of Egypt relates to two regions: North Africa and West Asia . Egypt has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea, the River Nile, and the Red Sea. Egypt borders Libya to the west, Israel to the east and Sudan to the south. Egypt has an area of 1,002,450 km 2 (387,050 sq mi).