Alexandria Governorate
Alexandria is one of the governorates of Egypt. The city of Alexandria was historically the capital of Egypt until the foundation of Fustat, which was later absorbed into Cairo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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.
Borg El-Arab Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Abdelrhman 1990, CC BY 3.0.
The Borg El Arab Stadium, 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 Alexandria, Egypt.
Alexandria Governorate
- Category: administrative territorial entity
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ikingi Maryut and Al Wadi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kom de la carriere excavations and ‘Ilwat as Salţanah.
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