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Lower Egypt

Lower Egypt is the northern part of Egypt, containing the Nile Delta, and . It's not a defined region or province, just a convenient grouping for travel purposes, and with a high proportion of Egypt's top sights.
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is the capital of and, with a total population of Greater metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both and the .

is 's second largest city, its largest seaport, and the country's window onto the Mediterranean Sea.

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Faiyum is a city in . Located 100 kilometres southwest of , in the , it is the capital of the modern .

is 's third largest city, its second largest seaport and the entry point of the Suez Canal by the Mediterranean.

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is the English name for the present-day site of one of the great ancient capital cities of .

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is a city in north-eastern . Situated on the west bank of the , it is the capital of the .

Damietta is a port city and the capital of the in .

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is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the capital of and…

is city on the north coast of , famous as the site of major battles between British and German forces during the Second World War.

is a city in Lower Egypt. Situated in the eastern part of the Nile delta, it is the capital of the governorate of Sharqia.

is a city in with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018.

is a town in Lower Egypt. This Nile delta town is virtually unknown to tourists.

31°02′10″N 30°28′10″E / 31.03611°N 30.46944°E is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the .

or Rashid is a port city of the , 65 km east of , in 's .

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31°21′N 27°14′E / 31.350°N 27.233°E Mersa Matruh, also transliterated as , is a port in and the capital of .

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is an archaeological locality some 10 km to the south of and therefore 35 km south of the Egyptian capital .

is the name given to an archaeological locality on the desert plateau 10 km south of Giza and 8 km north of .

Bubastis, also known in Arabic as or in Egyptian as Per-Bast, was an ancient Egyptian city.

is current official name for the new capital of Egypt, 45 km east of Cairo in Lower Egypt.

is a valley in Lower Egypt. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, salt deposits, salt marshes and freshwater marshes.

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or el-Lisht is an Egyptian village located south of .

Lower Egypt

Latitude of centre
31° north
Longitude of centre
31° east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Geo­Names ID
352260
Wiki­data ID
Q463871
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Also Known As

  • Afrikaans: Benede-Egipte
  • Arabic: Ubos nga Ehipto
  • Arabic: مصر السفلى
  • Azerbaijani: Aşağı Misir
  • Basque: Behe Egipto
  • Basque: Egipto Beherea
  • Bosnian: Donji Egipat
  • Breton: Egipt Izel
  • Breton: Goueled Egipt
  • Bulgarian: Долен Египет
  • Catalan: Baix Egipte
  • Catalan: Han.rememhit
  • Catalan: Llista de ciutats del baix Egipte
  • Chinese: 下埃及
  • Croatian: Donji Egipat
  • Czech: Dolní Egypt
  • Dimli (individual language): Mısıro Cêrên
  • Dutch: Beneden-Egypte
  • Dutch: Neder-Egypte
  • Egyptian Arabic: مصر السفلى
  • Esperanto: Malalta Egiptio
  • Finnish: Ala-Egypti
  • French: Basse-Egypte
  • French: Basse-Égypte
  • French: Basse Egypte
  • Galician: Baixo Exipto
  • Georgian: ქვემო ეგვიპტე
  • German: Unterägypten
  • German: Unterägyptisch
  • Greek: Κάτω Αίγυπτος
  • Hebrew: מצרים התחתונה
  • Hebrew: מצרים תחתית
  • Hungarian: Alsó-Egyiptom
  • Indonesian: Mesir Bawah
  • Indonesian: Mesir Hilir
  • Irish: An Éigipt Íochtarach
  • Italian: Basso Egitto
  • Japanese: 下エジプト
  • Korean: 하이집트
  • Latin: Aegyptus inferior
  • Lithuanian: Žemutinis Egiptas
  • Macedonian: Долен Египет
  • Malagasy: Ejipta Ambany
  • Malay: Mesir Bawah
  • Malay: Mesir Hilir
  • Norwegian: Nedre Egypt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nedre Egypt
  • Persian: مصر سفلی
  • Polish: Dolny Egipt
  • Portuguese: Baixo Egipto
  • Portuguese: Baixo Egito
  • Portuguese: Baixo Império Egípcio
  • Romanian: Egiptul de Jos
  • Russian: Багари
  • Russian: Нижний Египет
  • Serbian: Donji Egipat
  • Serbian: Доњи Египат
  • Serbo-Croatian: Donji Egipat
  • Sinhala: පහළ ඊජිප්තුව
  • Slovenian: Spodnji Egipt
  • Spanish: Bajo Egipto
  • Swedish: Nedre Egypten
  • Tamil: கீழ் எகிப்து
  • Thai: อียิปต์ล่าง
  • Turkish: Aşağı Mısır
  • Ukrainian: Нижній Єгипет
  • Urdu: زیریں مصر
  • Venetian: Baso Ezito
  • Vietnamese: Hạ Ai Cập
  • Waray (Philippines): Ubos nga Ehipto
  • Welsh: Yr Aifft Isel
  • Yue Chinese: 下埃及
  • Al Wajh al Baḩrī
  • El Masr el Bahari
  • Er-Rif
  • Mişr Baḩr
  • Wagh-el-Bahri

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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Lower Egypt. Photo: Pentaur, Public domain.