Abu Qir

Abu Qir, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of , near the ruins of ancient and 23 kilometers northeast of by rail. It is located on Abu Qir Peninsula, with to the east.
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  • Type: Town with 38,000 residents
  • Description: town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Alexandria
  • Also known as: “Abou Kir”, “Abuqir”, “Kanopus”, and “אפקירי”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montaza and El Mandara.

Locality
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is the name of both a district and a park in , . is situated 6 km southwest of Abu Qir.

Suburb
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or Al Mandarah is a neighborhood in , . is situated 7 km southwest of Abu Qir.

Abu Qir

Latitude
31.3203° or 31° 19′ 13″ north
Longitude
30.0642° or 30° 3′ 51″ east
Population
38,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
UN/LOCODE
EG AKI
Open location code
8G3G83C7+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332504177
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
362288
Wiki­data ID
Q139773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Abu Qir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبو قير”
  • Basque: “Abukir”
  • Bengali: “আবু কির”
  • Bulgarian: “Абу Кир”
  • Catalan: “Abukir”
  • Chinese: “阿布基爾”
  • Czech: “Abúkir”
  • Danish: “Abukir”
  • Dutch: “Aboekir”
  • Dutch: “Abu Qir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابو قير”
  • Estonian: “Abū Qīr”
  • Finnish: “Abu Qir”
  • Finnish: “Abukir”
  • French: “Aboukir”
  • German: “Abū Qīr”
  • German: “Abukir”
  • Hebrew: “אבו קיר”
  • Indonesian: “Abu Qir”
  • Italian: “Abukir”
  • Japanese: “アブキール”
  • Lithuanian: “Abu Kiras”
  • Lombard: “Battaja de Abukir”
  • Marathi: “अबु किर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abukir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abukir”
  • Norwegian: “Abukir”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Abokir”
  • Persian: “ابو قیر”
  • Persian: “ابوقیر”
  • Polish: “Abu Kir”
  • Portuguese: “Abukir”
  • Portuguese: “Abuquir”
  • Romanian: “Abukir”
  • Russian: “Абу-Кир”
  • Russian: “Абукир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abukir”
  • Slovak: “Abú Kír”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ابوقیر”
  • Spanish: “Abukir”
  • Swedish: “Abukir”
  • Thai: “อะบูกีร”
  • Turkish: “Ebukir”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу-Кір”
  • Urdu: “ابو قیر”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Al Mostashfa Housing and Toson Armed Forces Housing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Abu Qir and Tabyet al Burg.

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