Iskandariya

Al-Iskandariya or Alexandria is an ancient city in central , one of a number of towns in the Near East founded by and named after Alexander the Great.
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  • Type: Locality with 101,000 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: Al Iskandarīyah”, “Al-Iskandariya”, “Iskandarīya”, “Iskanderiyeh”, “Iskenderie”, “Khan Iskandarīya”, “Nahiyat al Iskandariyah”, “Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah”, and “Sikandariyeh

Iskandariya

Latitude
32.8873° or 32° 53′ 14″ north
Longitude
44.3462° or 44° 20′ 46″ east
Population
101,000
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IQ IKD
Open location code
8H46V8PW+WF
Geo­Names ID
99226
Wiki­data ID
Q1029787
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Iskandariya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أسكندرية العراق
  • Arabic: الإسكندرية
  • Arabic: الإسكندريه
  • Arabic: الاسكندرية
  • Arabic: ناحية الإسكندرية
  • Asturian: Iskandariya
  • Cebuano: Nāḩīyat al Iskandarīyah
  • Chinese: 伊斯坎德耶
  • Chinese: 伊斯坎德里耶
  • Dutch: Iskandariya
  • Egyptian Arabic: الاسكندريه
  • French: Iskandariyah
  • Japanese: イスカンダリーヤ
  • Kazakh: Ïskandarïya
  • Kazakh: Искандария
  • Kazakh: ىيسكاندارىييا
  • Korean: 이스칸다리야
  • Mazanderani: اسکندریه، عراق
  • Mazanderani: اسکندریه
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Iskandariya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Iskandariya
  • Norwegian: Iskandariya
  • Persian: اسکندریه، عراق
  • Persian: اسکندریه
  • Polish: Al-Iskandarijja
  • Polish: Iskandarija
  • Polish: Iskandariya
  • Polish: Iskandariyah
  • Romanian: Iskandariya
  • Russian: Искандария
  • Russian: Эль-Искандария
  • Swedish: Nāḩīyat al Iskandarīyah
  • Turkish: İskenderiye, Irak
  • Turkish: İskenderiye
  • Uzbek: Iskandariya
  • Western Panjabi: سکندریہ

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