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.
- Town with about 38,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Alexandria
- Also known as“Abou Kir”“Abukir”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montaza and El Mandara.
Montaza
Montaza is the name of both a district and a park in Alexandria, Egypt.
6 km southwest of Abu Qir
El Mandara
El Mandara or Al Mandarah is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.
7 km southwest of Abu Qir
Abu Qir
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Latitude
31.3203° or 31° 19′ 13″ north
Longitude
30.0642° or 30° 3′ 51″ east
UN/LOCODE
EG AKI
Open location code
8G3G83C7+4M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Abu Qir” goes by many names.
أبو قيرArabic
AbukirBasque
আবু কিরBengali
Абу КирBulgarian
AbukirCatalan
阿布基爾Chinese
AbúkirCzech
AbukirDanish
AboekirDutch
Abu QirDutch
ابو قيرEgyptian Arabic
Abū QīrEstonian
Abu QirFinnish
AbukirFinnish
אבו קירHebrew
אפקיריHebrew
Abu QirIndonesian
AbukirItalian
アブキールJapanese
Abu KirasLithuanian
Battaja de AbukirLombard
अबु किरMarathi
AbukirNorwegian
AbukirNorwegian Bokmål
AbukirNorwegian Nynorsk
AbokirOccitan (post 1500)
ابو قیرPersian
Abu KirPolish
AbukirRomanian
Абу-КирRussian
AbukirSerbo-Croatian
Abú KírSlovak
ابوقیرSouth Azerbaijani
AbukirSwedish
อะบูกีรThai
EbukirTurkish
Абу-КірUkrainian
ابو قیرUrdu
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