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  2. Lower Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Lower Egypt (Arabic: مصر السفلى Miṣr as-Suflā; Coptic: ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ, romanized: Tsakhet) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, the Nile River split into seven branches of ...

  3. Upper and Lower Egypt - Wikipedia

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    To the south was Upper Egypt, stretching to Aswan. The terminology "Upper" and "Lower" derives from the flow of the Nile from the highlands of East Africa northwards to the Mediterranean Sea. The two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt were united c. 3000 BC, but each maintained its own regalia: the hedjet or White Crown for Upper Egypt and the ...

  4. Upper Egypt - Wikipedia

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    "Upper Egypt" is in the lower portion of the map. Upper Egypt is between the Cataracts of the Nile beyond modern-day Aswan, downriver (northward) to the area of El-Ayait, [5] which places modern-day Cairo in Lower Egypt. The northern (downriver) part of Upper Egypt, between Sohag and El-Ayait, is also known as Middle Egypt.

  5. Geography of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Egypt is divided into 28 governorates, which include two city-governortes: Alexandria (Alexandria Governorate) and Cairo (Cairo Governorate).There are nine governorates of Lower Egypt in the Nile Delta region, ten of Upper Egypt along the Nile river south from Cairo to Aswan and five frontier governorates covering Sinai and the deserts that lie west and east of the Nile river.

  6. List of countries bordering on two or more oceans - Wikipedia

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    World map of the five-ocean model with approximate boundaries. This list of countries which border two or more oceans includes both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. [1]

  7. Geography of Asia - Wikipedia

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    The term Asia Pacific generally refers to a combination of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean – and most are also considered part of Australasia or Oceania. Asia contains the Indian subcontinent, Iranian Plateau, Arabian Peninsula, as well as a piece of the North American plate in Siberia.

  8. List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. [1] The list is for sites intended for permanent settlement and does not include fortresses and other locations of intermittent habitation. a capital of ancient Egypt

  9. List of political and geographic borders - Wikipedia

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    Asia *Pacific Ocean / East China Sea / Sea of Japan / Sea of Okhotsk: Jordan: Middle East: Iraq / Israel / Saudi Arabia / Syria *Indian Ocean / Gulf of Aqaba: Kazakhstan: Asia / Europe: China / Kyrgyzstan / Russia / Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan: Caspian Sea: Kenya: Africa: Ethiopia / Somalia / South Sudan / Tanzania / Uganda: Indian Ocean ...