Alexandria Governorate

Alexandria 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 Cairo.
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 5,230,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Al Iskandarīyah”, “al-Iskandariyya”, “Alexandria”, “Governorate of Alexandria”, “Iskanderiya”, and “Mohafazat El Iskandariya

Places of Interest

Highlights include Borg El-Arab Stadium.

Stadium
The , sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Army Stadium or El Geish Stadium - Alexandria, is a stadium commissioned in 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea city of Amreya; 25 km west of , Egypt.

Alexandria Governorate

Latitude
31° north
Longitude
29.75° or 29° 45′ east
Population
5,230,000
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8G3F2Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
361059
Wiki­data ID
Q29943
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Alexandria Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: اسكندرية
  • Arabic: الإسكندرية
  • Arabic: الاسكندرية
  • Arabic: محافظة الإسكندرية
  • Arabic: محافظة الاسكندرية
  • Armenian: Ալեքսանդրիա
  • Asturian: Alexandría
  • Asturian: gobernación d’Alexandría
  • Azerbaijani: əl-İskəndəriyyə mühafəzəsi
  • Bavarian: al-Iskandariyya
  • 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: Alexandria Séng
  • Chinese: 亚历山大省
  • Chinese: 亚历山德里亚省
  • Chinese: 亞歷山大省
  • Corsican: Guvernatoratu di Alessandria
  • Corsican: Guvernatoratu di Alissandria
  • Corsican: Guvernaturatu di Alissandria
  • Czech: Alexandrie
  • Danish: Alexandria
  • Dutch: Alexandrië
  • Egyptian Arabic: اسوان
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة اسكندريه
  • Esperanto: Provinco Aleksandrio
  • Estonian: Aleksandria kubernerkond
  • Finnish: Al-Iskandariyyan kuvernoraatti
  • Finnish: Aleksandrian kuvernementti
  • French: al-Iskandariyya
  • French: Alexandrie
  • French: Gouvernorat d’Alexandrie
  • Galician: Alexandría
  • Georgian: ალექსანდრიის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Al-Iskandarīya
  • German: Alexandria
  • German: EG-ALX
  • German: Gouvernement al-Iskandariyya
  • German: Gouvernement Alexandria
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Αλεξάνδρειας
  • Gujarati: એલેક્ઝાન્ડ્રિયા ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: אלכסנדריה
  • Hebrew: מחוז אלכסנדריה
  • Hindi: अलेक्जेंड्रिया गवर्नरेट
  • 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
  • Kannada: ಅಲೆಕ್ಸಾಂಡ್ರಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • 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 Nynorsk: Alexandria guvernement
  • Norwegian: Guvernementet Alexandria
  • Persian: استان اسکندریه
  • Polish: Aleksandria
  • Portuguese: Alexandria (província egípcia)
  • Portuguese: Alexandria
  • Romanian: Al Iskandariyah
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Alexandria
  • Russian: Александрия
  • Scots: Alexandria Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Александрија
  • Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandrija (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandrija
  • Sinhala: ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්‍රියා පළාත
  • Slovak: Alexandria
  • Slovenian: EG-ALX
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Aleksandrija
  • Somali: Alexandria Governorate
  • South Azerbaijani: اسکندریه اوستانی
  • Spanish: Alejandria
  • Spanish: Alejandría
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Alejandría
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Aleksandria
  • Swedish: Alexandria
  • Tajik: Вилояти Искандария
  • Tamil: அலெக்சாண்ட்ரியா கோவெர்னோரே
  • Telugu: ఆలెక్సాండ్రియా గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอะเล็กซานเดรีย
  • Turkish: İskenderiye
  • Ukrainian: Александрія
  • Urdu: محافظہ اسکندریہ
  • 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

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