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Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria in April 331 BC on the site of the small fishing village of Rhacotis as the marine base for his fleet. The city was built on a narrow limestone ridge [4] opposite to Pharos Island where the Pharos lighthouse would later stand. [5]
The city is also the nominal see of the Melkite Greek Catholic titular Patriarchate of Alexandria (generally vested in its leading Patriarch of Antioch) and the actual cathedral see of its Patriarchal territory of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan, which uses the Byzantine Rite, and the nominal see of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria (for ...
This makes Cairo Egypt's longest-running capital city, having retained this status for over 1,050 years under the rule of six dynasties followed by the British protectorate of Egypt and the Republic of Egypt. Alexandria was the second longest-lasting capital of Egypt, being used for the entirety of the Greco-Roman period, which lasted for 973 ...
At the highest tier, there are three city-state governorates, Cairo, Port Said, and Suez, where the governor is also head of the city and lower units are 100% urban. Alexandria is a quasi -city-state also with a merged city-governorate unit, though with one rural county (markaz). The other 23 governorates are formed of counties (marakiz, sing.
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Largest cities See also Further reading External links 0-9 10th of Ramadan 15th of May 6th of October A Abu El Matamir Abu Hummus Abu Tesht Abu Tig Akhmim Al Khankah Alexandria Arish Ashmoun Aswan Awsim Ain El Sokhna B Badr Baltim Banha Basyoun Biyala Belqas Beni Mazar Beni Suef Beni Ebeid Biba Bilbeis Birket El Sab Borg El Arab Borg El Burullus Bush C Cairo D Dahab Dairut Damanhur Damietta ...
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The International Coastal Road in Egypt connects the country with the Maghreb region through the border crossing in Sallum and ends in Port Said in the opposite direction. [1] It runs along the coast of Mediterranean Sea and through the beach city New Damietta .