Alexandria Governorate

Alexandria Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. The city of was historically the capital of Egypt until the foundation of , which was later absorbed into .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 5,600,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: “Al Iskandarīyah”, “Al-Iskandarīya”, “al-Iskandariyya”, “Alexandria”, “Alexandria guvernement”, “EG-ALX”, “Governorate of Alexandria”, “gubernio Aleksandrio”, “Guibhearnaireachd Alexandria”, “Guibhearnaireachd Bhaile Alasdair”, “Guvernatoratu di Alissandria”, “Guvernaturatu di Alissandria”, “Iskanderiya”, “Mohafazat El Iskandariya”, “اسوان”, “अलेक्जेंड्रिया गवर्नरेट”, and “亚历山德里亚省”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Borg El-Arab Stadium.

Stadium
Photo: Abdelrhman 1990, CC BY 3.0.
The , is a stadium commissioned…

Alexandria Governorate

Latitude
31° north
Longitude
29.75° or 29° 45′ east
Population
5,600,000
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8G3F2Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
361059
Wiki­data ID
Q29943
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Alexandria Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አሌክሳንድሪያ”
  • Arabic: “اسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “الإسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “الاسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الإسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الاسكندرية”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրիա”
  • Asturian: “gobernación d’Alexandría”
  • Azerbaijani: “əl-İskəndəriyyə mühafəzəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “İskəndəriyyə mühafəzəsi”
  • Bavarian: “Alexandria”
  • 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: “亚历山大省”
  • Chinese: “亞歷山大省”
  • Corsican: “Guvernatoratu di Alessandria”
  • Czech: “Alexandrie”
  • Danish: “Alexandria”
  • Dutch: “Alexandrië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة اسكندريه”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Aleksandrio”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Aleksandrio”
  • Estonian: “Aleksandria kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Al-Iskandariyyan kuvernoraatti”
  • Finnish: “Aleksandrian kuvernementti”
  • French: “Alexandrie”
  • French: “Gouvernorat d’Alexandrie”
  • Galician: “Alexandría”
  • Georgian: “ალექსანდრიის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Alexandria”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Iskandariyya”
  • German: “Gouvernement Alexandria”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Αλεξάνδρειας”
  • Gujarati: “એલેક્ઝાન્ડ્રિયા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Iskandaria”
  • Hebrew: “אלכסנדריה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אלכסנדריה”
  • 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”
  • Javanese: “Iskandariyah”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲೆಕ್ಸಾಂಡ್ರಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Александрия”
  • Kirghiz: “Александрия”
  • Korean: “알렉산드리아주”
  • Ladino: “Alejandria”
  • Ladino: “Aleksandria”
  • Latin: “Alexandria”
  • Latvian: “Aleksandrijas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Aleksandrijos muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Iskandariah”
  • Malay: “کݢابنورن إسکندرية”
  • Marathi: “अलेग्ज़ॅंड्रिया गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alexandria Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Al Iskandariyah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Iskandariya guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Guvernementet Alexandria”
  • Oromo: “Iskandaariya”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲੈਕਜ਼ੈਂਡ੍ਰਿਆ”
  • Persian: “استان اسکندریه”
  • Polish: “Aleksandria”
  • Portuguese: “Alexandria (província egípcia)”
  • Portuguese: “Alexandria”
  • Pushto: “الإسكندرية”
  • Romanian: “Al Iskandariyah”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Alexandria”
  • Russian: “Александрия”
  • Scots: “Alexandria Govrenorate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Alecsandria”
  • Serbian: “Александрија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aleksandrija (muhafaza)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aleksandrija”
  • Sinhala: “ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්‍රියා පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Alexandria”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Aleksandrija”
  • Somali: “Alexandria Governorate”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اسکندریه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Alejandría”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Alejandría”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Aleksandria”
  • Swedish: “Alexandria”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Искандария”
  • Tamil: “அலெக்சாண்ட்ரியா கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Tatar: “Искәндәрия”
  • Telugu: “ఆలెక్సాండ్రియా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอะเล็กซานเดรีย”
  • Turkish: “İskenderiye”
  • Ukrainian: “Александрія”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ اسکندریہ”
  • Uzbek: “Iskandariya muhofazasi”
  • Uzbek: “Iskandariya”
  • 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”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ikingi Maryut and Al Wadi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kom de la carriere excavations and ‘Ilwat as Salţanah.

Egypt: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Cairo and Alexandria.

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