Alexandria

Alexandria Αλεξάνδρεια (Greek) الإسكندرية (Arabic) al-Eskandariyya
—  Ceety  —
Alexandria
File:PONTY-Collage Alexandria.png
Eik-name(s): Pearl o the Mediterranean
Alexandria Location in Egyp
Coordinates: 31°12′N 29°55′E
Kintra	Egyp
Govrenorate	Alexandria
Foondit	332 BC
Govrenment
- Govrenor	vacant
Aurie
- Tot	1,034.4 sq mi (2,679 km2)
Indwallers (2006)
- Tot	4,110,015
	CAPMS 2006 Census
Time zone	EST (UTC+2)
Aurie code(s)	++3
Wabsteid	Offeecial wabsteid

Alexandria (Arabic: الإسكندرية al-Iskandariyya; Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ Rakotə; Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια; Template:Lang-grc; Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Template:IPA-arz), wi a population o 4.1 million, is the seicond-lairgest ceety in Egyp, an is the kintra's lairgest seaport, servin approximately 80% o Egyp's imports an exports. Alexandria is an' a' an important tourist resort. Alexandria extends aboot 32 km (20 mi) alang the coast o the Mediterranean Sea in north-central Egyp. It is hame tae the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library o Alexandria). It is an important industrial center acause o its natural gas an oil pipelines frae Suez.

In auncient times, Alexandria wis ane o the maist famous ceeties in the warld. It wis foondit aroond a sma pharaonic toun c. 331 BC bi Alexander the Great. It remained Egyp's caipital for nearly a thoosan years, till the Muslim conquest o Egyp in AD 641, when a new caipital wis foondit at Fustat (Fustat wis later absorbed intae Cairo). Alexandria wis kent acause of its Lichthouse o Alexandria (Pharos), ane o the Seiven Wonders o the Ancient Warld; its library (the lairgest library in the ancient warld); an the Catacombs o Kom el Shoqafa, ane o the Seiven Wonders o the Middle Ages. Ongoin maritime archaeology in the harbor o Alexandria, which began in 1994, is revealin details o Alexandria baith afore the arrival o Alexander, when a ceety named Rhacotis existit there, an durin the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Frae the late 19t century, Alexandria became a major center o the internaitional shippin industry an ane o the maist important tradin centers in the warld, baith acause it profitit frae the easy owerland connection atween the Mediterranean Sea an the Red Sea, an the lucrative trade in Egyptian cotton.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Alexandria is twinned wi:

Bratislava in Slovakie Odessa in Ukraine Cleveland in Unitit States Constanţa in Romanie Kazanlak in Bulgarie

Durban in Sooth Africae Thessaloniki in Greece St. Petersburg in Roushie Shanghai in Cheenae Kanpur in Indie Baltimore in Unitit States

Kuching in Malaysie

References

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