Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt is the northern part of Egypt, containing the Nile Delta, Cairo and Alexandria. It's not a defined region or province, just a convenient grouping for travel purposes, and with a high proportion of Egypt's top sights.
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- Type: Region
- Description: northernmost region of Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Wajh al Baḩrī”, “Baixo Egipto”, “Baixo Império Egípcio”, “Basse-Egypte”, “Behe Egipto”, “Beneden-Egypte”, “Dolnji Egipt”, “Egipt Izel”, “El Masr el Bahari”, “Er-Rif”, “Han.rememhit”, “Llista de ciutats del baix Egipte”, “Mesir Bawah”, “Mişr Baḩr”, “Unterägyptisch”, “Wagh-el-Bahri”, “Багари”, and “מצרים תחתית”
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
31° north
Longitude of center
31° east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lower Egypt” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Benede-Egipte”
- Arabic: “مصر السفلى”
- Arabic: “مصر بحر”
- Armenian: “Ստորին Եգիպտոս”
- Azerbaijani: “Aşağı Misir”
- Basque: “Egipto Beherea”
- Bosnian: “Donji Egipat”
- Breton: “Goueled Egipt”
- Bulgarian: “Долен Египет”
- Catalan: “Baix Egipte”
- Chinese: “下埃及”
- Croatian: “Donji Egipat”
- Czech: “Dolní Egypt”
- Dimli (individual language): “Mısıro Cêrên”
- Dutch: “Neder-Egypte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مصر السفلى”
- Esperanto: “Malalta Egiptio”
- Finnish: “Ala-Egypti”
- French: “Basse Egypte”
- French: “Basse-Égypte”
- Galician: “Baixo Exipto”
- Georgian: “ქვემო ეგვიპტე”
- German: “Unterägypten”
- Greek: “Κάτω Αίγυπτος”
- Hausa: “Lower Egypt”
- Hebrew: “מצרים התחתונה”
- Hungarian: “Alsó-Egyiptom”
- Icelandic: “Neðra Egyptaland”
- Indonesian: “Mesir Hilir”
- Irish: “An Éigipt Íochtarach”
- Italian: “Basso Egitto”
- Japanese: “下エジプト”
- Korean: “하이집트”
- Latin: “Aegyptus inferior”
- Lithuanian: “Žemutinis Egiptas”
- Macedonian: “Долен Египет”
- Malagasy: “Ejipta Ambany”
- Malay: “Mesir Hilir”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ē Ai-ki̍p”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nedre Egypt”
- Norwegian: “Nedre Egypt”
- Obolo: “Osiki Ijipiti”
- Persian: “مصر سفلی”
- Polish: “Dolny Egipt”
- Portuguese: “Baixo Egito”
- Romanian: “Egiptul de Jos”
- Russian: “Нижний Египет”
- Serbian: “Donji Egipat”
- Serbian: “Доњи Египат”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Donji Egipat”
- Sinhala: “පහළ ඊජිප්තුව”
- Slovenian: “Spodnji Egipt”
- Spanish: “Bajo Egipto”
- Swedish: “Nedre Egypten”
- Talysh: “Žinə Misir”
- Tamil: “கீழ் எகிப்து”
- Thai: “อียิปต์ล่าง”
- Turkish: “Aşağı Mısır”
- Ukrainian: “Нижній Єгипет”
- Urdu: “زیریں مصر”
- Venetian: “Baso Ezito”
- Vietnamese: “Hạ Ai Cập”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ubos nga Ehipto”
- Welsh: “Yr Aifft Isel”
- Yue Chinese: “下埃及”
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