Lower Egypt

Lower Egypt is the northern part of Egypt, containing the Nile Delta, and . 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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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Cairo and Alexandria.
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is the capital of and, with a total…
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is 's second largest city, its largest…
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Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Port Said and Memphis.
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is 's third largest city, its second…
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is the English name for the present-day site…
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is a city in north-eastern .
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Damietta is a port city which serves as the capital city of the in .
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is the name given both to a village…
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is a city in . It had a population…
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Faiyum is a city geographically in Lower Egypt but…
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is a city on the north coast of …
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is a town of about 430,000 people in Lower Egypt, on the Muweis Canal.
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is a city in located on the eastern bank of the Damietta branch of the Nile river.
is a city in Lower Egypt with 150,000 people.
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or Rashid is a port city of the …
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is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the .
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Marsa Matrouh is a port city and the capital of in .
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is an archaeological locality some…
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is a city of 182,000 people in the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt.
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Wādī al-Ḥītān is a paleontological site in the…
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is the name given to an archaeological…
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The is the current official name for the…
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Bubastis, also known in Arabic as …
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is a valley in Lower Egypt.
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or el-Lisht is an Egyptian village located south of .
Abu Kebir is a city in the of .

Lower Egypt

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Latitude of center
31° north
Longitude of center
31° east
Geo­Names ID
352260
Wiki­data ID
Q463871

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lower Egypt” goes by many names.
Benede-EgipteAfrikaans
مصر السفلىArabic
مصر بحرArabic
Ստորին ԵգիպտոսArmenian
Aşağı MisirAzerbaijani
Behe EgiptoBasque
Egipto BehereaBasque
Donji EgipatBosnian
Egipt IzelBreton
Goueled EgiptBreton
Долен ЕгипетBulgarian
Baix EgipteCatalan
Han.rememhitCatalan
Llista de ciutats del baix EgipteCatalan
下埃及Chinese
Donji EgipatCroatian
Dolní EgyptCzech
Mısıro CêrênDimli (individual language)
Beneden-EgypteDutch
Neder-EgypteDutch
مصر السفلىEgyptian Arabic
Malalta EgiptioEsperanto
Ala-EgyptiFinnish
Basse-ÉgypteFrench
Baixo ExiptoGalician
ქვემო ეგვიპტეGeorgian
UnterägyptenGerman
UnterägyptischGerman
Κάτω ΑίγυπτοςGreek
Lower EgyptHausa
מצרים התחתונהHebrew
מצרים תחתיתHebrew
Alsó-EgyiptomHungarian
Neðra EgyptalandIcelandic
Mesir BawahIndonesian
Mesir HilirIndonesian
An Éigipt ÍochtarachIrish
Basso EgittoItalian
下エジプトJapanese
하이집트Korean
Aegyptus inferiorLatin
Žemutinis EgiptasLithuanian
Долен ЕгипетMacedonian
Ejipta AmbanyMalagasy
Mesir BawahMalay
Mesir HilirMalay
Ē Ai-ki̍pMin Nan Chinese
Nedre EgyptNorwegian
Nedre EgyptNorwegian Bokmål
Osiki IjipitiObolo
مصر سفلیPersian
Dolny EgiptPolish
Baixo EgiptoPortuguese
Baixo EgitoPortuguese
Baixo Império EgípcioPortuguese
Egiptul de JosRomanian
БагариRussian
Нижний ЕгипетRussian
Donji EgipatSerbian
Доњи ЕгипатSerbian
Donji EgipatSerbo-Croatian
පහළ ඊජිප්තුවSinhala
Dolnji EgiptSlovenian
Spodnji EgiptSlovenian
Bajo EgiptoSpanish
Nedre EgyptenSwedish
Žinə MisirTalysh
கீழ் எகிப்துTamil
อียิปต์ล่างThai
Aşağı MısırTurkish
Нижній ЄгипетUkrainian
زیریں مصرUrdu
Baso EzitoVenetian
Hạ Ai CậpVietnamese
Ubos nga EhiptoWaray (Philippines)
Yr Aifft IselWelsh
下埃及Yue Chinese
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”

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