Matruh Governorate
Matrouh is a governorate in northwestern Egypt. It borders Libya, New Valley Governorate, Giza Governorate, Alexandria Governorate, Beheira Governorate and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Marsa Matrouh.
- Type: governorate of Egypt with 539,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “Aş Şaḩrā’ al Gharbīyah”, “EG-MT”, “gubernio Matruh”, “Guibhearnaireachd Matrouh”, “Guibhearnaireachd Matruh”, “Matrouh Governorate”, “Matrú”, “Matruh”, “Maţrūḩ”, “Mersa Matruh”, “Mohafazat Matruh”, “Muḩāfaz̧at aş Şaḩrā’ al Gharbīyah”, “Muhafazat Matruh”, “Paraetonia”, “Western Desert”, “მატრუჰი”, and “마트루흐 주”
Matruh Governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.7° or 29° 42′ north
Longitude
27.5° or 27° 30′ east
Population
539,000
Elevation
-23 metres (-75 feet)
Open location code
7GX9PG22+22
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Matruh Governorate” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ማትሩህ”
- Arabic: “محافظة مطروح”
- Arabic: “مطروح”
- Armenian: “Մատրուխ”
- Azerbaijani: “Mətruh mühafəzəsi”
- Belarusian: “Матруг”
- Bengali: “মাত্রুহ গভর্নোরেট”
- Bosnian: “Matrouh”
- Bulgarian: “Матрух”
- Catalan: “governació de Matruh”
- Catalan: “Governació de Matruh”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Maţrūḩ”
- Chinese: “馬特魯省”
- Chinese: “马特鲁省”
- Czech: “Matrúh”
- Danish: “Matruh”
- Dutch: “Matruh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة مطروح”
- Esperanto: “provinco Matruh”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Matruh”
- Finnish: “Matruhin kuvernementti”
- Finnish: “Matruhin kuvernoraatti”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Marsa-Matruh”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Matrouh”
- Georgian: “მატრუჰის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “Gouvernement Matruh”
- German: “Maṭrūḥ”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ματρούχ”
- Gujarati: “મટ્રોહ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hausa: “Matru”
- Hebrew: “מחוז מטרוח”
- Hebrew: “מטרוח”
- Hindi: “मत्रूह प्रांत”
- Hindi: “मत्रूह मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Hungarian: “Matrúh”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Matruh”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Matrouh”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Matruh”
- Japanese: “マトルーフ県”
- Javanese: “Matruh”
- Kannada: “ಮಾಥೌರ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Матру”
- Kirghiz: “Матру”
- Korean: “마트루주”
- Latin: “Matrūh”
- Latvian: “Matrūhas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Matruho muchafaza”
- Macedonian: “Матрух”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Matrouh”
- Malayalam: “മത്രോഹ് ഗവർണ്ണറേറ്റ്”
- Marathi: “मॅटरफ गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Matrouh Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Matruh”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Matruh”
- Oromo: “Matruh”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਤਰੂਹ”
- Persian: “استان مطروح”
- Polish: “Matruh”
- Portuguese: “Matru”
- Portuguese: “Matruh”
- Pushto: “مطروح”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Matruh”
- Romanian: “Matruh”
- Russian: “Матрух”
- Scots: “Matruh Govrenorate”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Matrùh”
- Serbian: “Матрух”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Matruh (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Matruh”
- Sinhala: “මට්රෝ පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Matruh”
- Somali: “Matruh”
- South Azerbaijani: “مطروح اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Matrú”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Matruh”
- Swedish: “Guvernementet Matruh”
- Swedish: “Matruh”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Матруҳ”
- Tamil: “மற்றொருஹ் கோவெர்னோரே”
- Tatar: “Матру”
- Telugu: “మాట్రో గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการมัฏรูห์”
- Turkish: “Matruh”
- Ukrainian: “Матрух”
- Urdu: “محافظہ مطروح”
- Uzbek: “Matroʻh muhofazasi”
- Uzbek: “Matruh”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Matrouh”
- Waray (Philippines): “Matruh”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ مطروح”
- Wu Chinese: “马特鲁省”
- Zulu: “Matrouh Governorate”
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