Alexandria Governorate
Alexandria Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. The city of Alexandria was historically the capital of Egypt until the foundation of Fustat, which was later absorbed into Cairo.Notable Places in the Area
Borg El Arab Stadium
Photo: Abdelrhman 1990, CC BY 3.0.
The Borg El Arab Stadium, sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Army Stadium or El Geish Stadium - Alexandria, is a stadium commissioned in 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea resort of Amreya; 25 km west of Alexandria, Egypt.
Alexandria Governorate
- Type: governorate of Egypt with 5,230,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Category: administrative territorial entity
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31° northLongitude
29.75° or 29° 45' eastPopulation
5,230,000Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open Location Code
8G3F2Q22+22GeoNames ID
361059Wikidata ID
Q29943Alexandria Governorate Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Alexandria
- Arabic: اسكندرية
- Arabic: الإسكندرية
- Arabic: الاسكندرية
- Arabic: محافظة الإسكندرية
- Arabic: محافظة الاسكندرية
- Armenian: Ալեքսանդրիա
- Asturian: Alexandría
- Asturian: gobernación d'Alexandría
- Azerbaijani: əl-İskəndəriyyə mühafəzəsi
- Bavarian: Alexandria
- Bavarian: al-Iskandariyya
- Belarusian: Александрыя
- Belarusian: Мухафаза Александрыя
- Bengali: আলেক্সান্দ্রিয়া গভর্নোরেট
- Bosnian: Aleksandrija
- Bulgarian: Александрия
- Catalan: Governació d'Alexandria
- Catalan: governació d'Alexandria
- Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at al Iskandarīyah
- Central Kurdish: پارێزگای ئەسکەندەریە
- Chinese: Alexandria Séng
- Chinese: 亚历山大省
- Chinese: 亚历山德里亚省
- Chinese: 亞歷山大省
- Corsican: Guvernatoratu di Alessandria
- Corsican: Guvernatoratu di Alissandria
- Corsican: Guvernaturatu di Alissandria
- Czech: Alexandrie
- Danish: Alexandria
- Dutch: Alexandrië
- Egyptian Arabic: محافظة اسكندريه
- English: Alexandria
- English: Governorate of Alexandria
- English: al-Iskandariyya
- Esperanto: Provinco Aleksandrio
- Estonian: Aleksandria kubernerkond
- Finnish: Al-Iskandariyyan kuvernoraatti
- French: Alexandrie
- French: Gouvernorat d'Alexandrie
- French: al-Iskandariyya
- Georgian: ალექსანდრიის მუჰაფაზა
- German: Al-Iskandarīya
- German: Alexandria
- German: EG-ALX
- German: Gouvernement Alexandria
- German: Gouvernement al-Iskandariyya
- Greek: Κυβερνείο Αλεξάνδρειας
- Gujarati: એલેક્ઝાન્ડ્રિયા ગવર્નોરેટ
- Hebrew: אלכסנדריה
- Hebrew: מחוז אלכסנדריה
- Hindi: अलेक्जेंड्रिया गवर्नरेट
- Hindi: सिकन्दरिया मुहाफ़ज़ाह
- Hungarian: Alexandria kormányzóság
- Icelandic: Alexandría
- Indonesian: Kegubernuran Aleksandria
- Irish: Gobharnóireacht Chathair Alastair
- Italian: Governatorato di Alessandria
- Japanese: アレクサンドリア県
- Kannada: ಅಲೆಕ್ಸಾಂಡ್ರಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
- Korean: 알렉산드리아주
- Ladino: Alejandria
- Latin: Alexandria
- Latvian: Aleksandrijas muhāfaza
- Lithuanian: Aleksandrijos muchafaza
- Malay: Kegabenoran Iskandariah
- Malay: کݢابنورن إسکندرية
- Marathi: अलेग्ज़ॅंड्रिया गव्हर्नोरेट
- Min Nan Chinese: Alexandria Séng
- Norwegian: Guvernementet Alexandria
- Norwegian Bokmål: Guvernementet Al Iskandariyah
- Persian: استان اسکندریه
- Polish: Aleksandria
- Portuguese: Alexandria
- Portuguese: Alexandria (província egípcia)
- Romanian: Al Iskandariyah
- Romanian: Guvernoratul Alexandria
- Russian: Александрия
- Scots: Alexandria Govrenorate
- Serbian: Александрија
- Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandrija (muhafaza)
- Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandrija
- Sinhala: ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්රියා පළාත
- Slovak: Alexandria
- Somali: Alexandria Governorate
- South Azerbaijani: اسکندریه اوستانی
- Spanish: Alejandria
- Spanish: Alejandría
- Spanish: Gobernación de Alejandría
- Swahili: Mkoa wa Aleksandria
- Swedish: Alexandria
- Tajik: Вилояти Искандария
- Tamil: அலெக்சாண்ட்ரியா கோவெர்னோரே
- Telugu: ఆలెక్సాండ్రియా గవర్నరేట్
- Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอะเล็กซานเดรีย
- Turkish: İskenderiye
- Ukrainian: Александрія
- Urdu: محافظہ اسکندریہ
- Vietnamese: Alexandria
- Waray (Philippines): Alexandria
- Western Armenian: Աղեքսանտրիոյ նահանգ
- Western Panjabi: صوبہ اسکندریہ
- Wu Chinese: 亚历山大省
- Yue Chinese: 亞歷山大省
- Zulu: Alexandria Governorate
- Al Iskandarīyah
- Aleksandrian kuvernementti
- Iskanderiya
- Mohafazat El Iskandariya
Localities in the Area
- Ikingi MaryutLocality
- Al WadiVillage
- Al QarrīnLocality
- Dawwār al Ḩājj KhalīlLocality
- Naj‘ al AḩwalLocality
Landmarks in the Area
- Kom de la carriere excavationsArchaeological site
- ‘Ilwat as SalţanahHill
- Al QuraynPeak
- Jazīrat at TannūmHill
- ‘Ilwat as SanqūrahHill
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