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”, “Sikandariyeh”, “أسكندرية العراق”, “الإسكندريه”, “الاسكندرية”, and “伊斯坎德耶”

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)
UN/LOCODE
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: “الإسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “ناحية الإسكندرية”
  • Asturian: “Iskandariya”
  • Cebuano: “Nāḩīyat al Iskandarīyah”
  • Chinese: “伊斯坎德里耶”
  • Dutch: “Iskandariya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الاسكندريه”
  • French: “Iskandariyah”
  • German: “Alexandria (Irak)”
  • German: “Alexandria”
  • 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”
  • Romanian: “Iskandariya”
  • Russian: “Эль-Искандария”
  • Swedish: “Nāḩīyat al Iskandarīyah”
  • Turkish: “İskenderiye, Irak”
  • Turkish: “İskenderiye”
  • Urdu: “اسکندریہ (عراق)”
  • Urdu: “اسکندریہ”
  • Uzbek: “Iskandariya”
  • Western Panjabi: “سکندریہ”

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