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Alexandria
port city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt
Details
- Instance of
- port city, municipality, big city, polis, city
- Inception
- 331 BCE
- Part of
- Lower Egypt
- Country
- Egypt, Roman Empire
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital of
- Alexandria Governorate
- Population
- 4028028, 3297959, 2926859, 4870000, 4546231, 4532174, 1800000, 6000, 227064, 5039975, 5107530, 5263542
- Area
- 2523
- Elevation
- -1 m
- architect
- Decriannus
- category for maps or plans
- Category:Maps of Alexandria
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Alexandria
- category for people buried here
- Category:Burials in Alexandria
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Alexandria
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Alexandria
- demonym
- Alexandrine, Alexandrin, alessandrini
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Catholic Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Otto's encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
- different from
- Alexandri, Alexandria, Alexandria
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- history of topic
- history of Alexandria, timeline of Alexandria history
- local dialing code
- 03
- located in or next to body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- located in/on physical feature
- Nile Delta
- member of
- League of Historical Cities
- named after
- Alexander the Great
- native label
- الإسكندرية
- official language
- Arabic
- official name
- الإسكندرية
- postal code
- 21500
- significant event
- Siege of Alexandria, Siege of Alessandria, Siege of Alexandria, Siege of Alexandria
- time of earliest written record
- 331 BCE
- topic has template
- Template:Neighborhoods in Alexandria
- topic's main category
- Category:Alexandria
- twinned administrative body
- Bratislava, Casablanca, Constanța, Durban, Kazanlak, Kanpur, Yevlakh, Gyumri, Odesa, Shanghai, Saint Petersburg, Thessaloniki
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