North Africa
Egypt
Alexandria Governorate

Borg El Arab

Borg El Arab is a city in the governorate of , . and the capital of Borg El Arab Markaz. It is located about 52 kilometers south-west of and some seven kilometers from the Mediterranean coast.
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  • Type: Town with 12,600 residents
  • Description: city in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Borj El Arab”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taposiris Magna.

Locality
Photo: Koantao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Tapusir Magna, is a city established by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus between 280 and 270 BC. The name means "great tomb of Osiris", which Plutarch identifies with an Egyptian temple in the city. is situated 6 km northwest of Borg El Arab.

Borg El Arab

Latitude
30.9003° or 30° 54′ 1″ north
Longitude
29.5513° or 29° 33′ 5″ east
Population
12,600
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Open location code
8G2FWH22+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10562128545
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8555987
Wiki­data ID
Q1043090
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Borg El Arab” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البرج القديم”
  • Arabic: “برج العرب القديم”
  • Arabic: “برج العرب”
  • Arabic: “مدينة برج العرب”
  • Asturian: “Borg El Arab”
  • Catalan: “Borg El Arab”
  • Chinese: “阿拉伯堡”
  • Danish: “Borg El Arab”
  • Dutch: “Borg El Arab”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج العرب”
  • French: “Borg El Arab”
  • French: “Borg el-Arab”
  • German: “Borg El Arab”
  • German: “Borg el-Arab”
  • German: “Burg al-ʿArab”
  • German: “Burg el-Arab”
  • German: “Burg el-ʿArab”
  • Greek: “Μποργκ Ελ Αράμπ”
  • Italian: “Borg El Arab”
  • Japanese: “ボルグ・エル・アラブ”
  • Korean: “보르그엘아랍”
  • Persian: “برج العرب”
  • Russian: “Борг-эль-Араб”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برج العرب (میصر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برج العرب”
  • Spanish: “Borg El Arab”
  • Zulu: “Borg El Arab”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Borg El Arab”. Photo: Abdelrhman 1990, CC BY-SA 4.0.