Abu Qir
Abu Qir, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient Canopus and 23 kilometers northeast of Alexandria by rail. It is located on Abu Qir Peninsula, with Abu Qir Bay to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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” and “Aboukir”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Maamora and Montaza.
El Maamora
Suburb
El Maamora is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. El Maamora is situated 4½ km southwest of Abu Qir.
Montaza
Locality
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montaza is the name of both a district and a park in Alexandria, Egypt. The district includes the park, but the two are legally distinct. Montaza is situated 6 km southwest of Abu Qir.
El Mandara
Village
Photo: Mohamed nour, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Mandara or Al Mandarah is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. El Mandara is situated 7 km southwest of Abu Qir.
Abu Qir
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.3203° or 31° 19′ 13″ northLongitude
30.0642° or 30° 3′ 51″ eastPopulation
38,000Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)United Nations Location Code
EG AKIOpen location code
8G3G83C7+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 332504177OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“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: “Abu Qir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ابو قير”
- Estonian: “Abū Qīr”
- Finnish: “Abu Qir”
- Finnish: “Abukir”
- French: “Aboukir”
- German: “Abu Qir”
- German: “Abū Qīr”
- German: “Abukir”
- German: “Abuqir”
- German: “Kanopus”
- Hebrew: “אבו קיר”
- Hebrew: “אפקירי”
- 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”
- Turkish: “Ebukir”
- Ukrainian: “Абу-Кір”
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