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Alexandria (/ ˌælɪɡˈzændriə, - ˈzɑːn -/ AL-ig-ZA (H)N-dree-ə; [4] Arabic: الإسكندرية; [a] Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια, [b] Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile River ...
Cairo–Alexandria Desert Road. Cairo–Alexandria Desert Road, also known as the Cairo–Alexandria Freeway[1] and the Cairo–Alexandria Highway, [2] is the main highway that connects Cairo to Alexandria, the two largest cities in Egypt. It is 220 km long. It begins at Giza, at the northwest corner of Cairo's regional ring road, [2] and ends ...
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Map of ancient Alexandria. Inheriting the trade of ruined Tyre and becoming the center of the new commerce between Europe and the Arabian and Indian East, the city grew in less than a generation to be larger than Carthage. In a century, Alexandria had become the largest city in the world, [6] and for some centuries more, was second only to Rome.
Google Maps is available as a mobile app for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems. The first mobile version of Google Maps (then known as Google Local for Mobile) was launched in beta in November 2005 for mobile platforms supporting J2ME. [185] [186] [187] It was released as Google Maps for Mobile in 2006. [188]
www.alexandria.gov.eg. Alexandria Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الإسكندرية, Egyptian Arabic: محافظة اسكندريه) is one of the governorates of Egypt. The city of Alexandria was historically the capital of Egypt until the foundation of Fustat, which was later absorbed into Cairo. Today the Alexandria governorate is ...
Google Maps travel tips to navigate and learn about places you visit (even without Wi-Fi) Zach Wichter and Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY. August 28, 2023 at 12:34 PM. "Easy Travel” is a ten-part ...
The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. [10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed ...