Egypt
Lower Egypt
Matruh Governorate

Marsa Matruh

Marsa Matrouh, also transliterated as Marsa Matruh, is a port in and the capital of . It is located 240 km west of and 222 km east of on the main highway from the to the Libyan border.
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  • Type: City with 140,000 residents
  • Description: city in Matruh Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Madara”, “Marsa Matrouh”, “Marsá Maţrūḩ”, “Maţrūḩ”, “Mersa Matrouh”, “Mersa Matruh”, and “Mhadara”

Marsa Matruh

Latitude
31.3529° or 31° 21′ 10″ north
Longitude
27.2395° or 27° 14′ 22″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
MUH
United Nations Location Code
EG MUH
Open location code
8G39963Q+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299546351
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
352733
Wiki­data ID
Q393829
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Zulu—“Marsa Matruh” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ammōnía”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀμμωνία”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Παραιτόνιον”
  • Arabic: “مرسى مطروح”
  • Arabic: “مرسي مطروح”
  • Asturian: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Belarusian: “Мэрса Матруг”
  • Belarusian: “Мэрса-Матруг”
  • Bulgarian: “Марса Матрух”
  • Bulgarian: “Мерса Матрух”
  • Catalan: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Catalan: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Catalan: “Paretónion”
  • Cebuano: “Mersa Matruh (kapital sa lalawigan sa Ehipto)”
  • Cebuano: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Chinese: “馬特魯港”
  • Chinese: “马特鲁”
  • Chinese: “马特鲁港”
  • Czech: “Marsá Matrúh”
  • Czech: “Mersa Matrúh”
  • Danish: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Danish: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Dutch: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Dutch: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرسا مطروح”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرسى مطروح”
  • Esperanto: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Esperanto: “Mersa Matruho”
  • Finnish: “Marsa Matrouh”
  • Finnish: “Marsa Matruh”
  • French: “Marsa Matrouh”
  • French: “Marsa Matruh”
  • French: “Marsa-Matrouh”
  • French: “Matruh”
  • French: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Georgian: “მარსა-მატრუჰი”
  • German: “Marsa Matruh”
  • German: “Marsā Maṭrūḥ”
  • German: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Greek: “Μάρσα Ματρούχ”
  • Hebrew: “מרסא מטרוח”
  • Hebrew: “מרסה מטרוח”
  • Hebrew: “מרסה מטרוך”
  • Hindi: “मरसा मातृह”
  • Hungarian: “Marsza Matrúh”
  • Indonesian: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Irish: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Italian: “Marsa Matrouh”
  • Italian: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Italian: “Matruh”
  • Japanese: “マルサ・マトルー”
  • Japanese: “マルサ・マトルーフ”
  • Japanese: “メルサ・マトルー”
  • Kazakh: “Mersa-Matrwx”
  • Kazakh: “Мерса-Матрух қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Мерса-Матрух”
  • Kazakh: “مەرسا-ماترۋح”
  • Korean: “마르사 마트루”
  • Korean: “마르사 마트루흐”
  • Korean: “메르사 마트루”
  • Korean: “메르사 마트루흐”
  • Korean: “메르사마트루”
  • Latin: “Ammonia”
  • Latin: “Paraetonium”
  • Lithuanian: “Marsa Matruhas”
  • Lithuanian: “Mersa Matruhas”
  • Malagasy: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Malay: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Norwegian: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Persian: “مرسی مطروح”
  • Polish: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Polish: “Matruh”
  • Polish: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Portuguese: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Portuguese: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Russian: “Марса-Матрух”
  • Russian: “Мерса Матрух”
  • Russian: “Мерса-Матрух”
  • Scots: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Scots: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Serbian: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Serbian: “Мерса Матрух”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mersa-Matruh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paraetonium”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مرسی مطروح”
  • Spanish: “Marsa Matru”
  • Spanish: “Marsa Matrú”
  • Spanish: “Marsá Matru”
  • Spanish: “Marsá Matrú”
  • Spanish: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Swahili: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Swedish: “Marsa Matruh”
  • Swedish: “Marsā Matrūh”
  • Swedish: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Thai: “มัรซามัฏรูห์”
  • Turkish: “Mersa Matruh”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерса-Матрух”
  • Urdu: “مرسی مطروح”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Marsa Matruh”
  • Zulu: “Mersa Matruh”
  • “Marsa Matrouh”
  • “Marsa Matruh”

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