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The modern neighborhood of El Mandarah is identified with the ancient town of Taposiris or Chersonesus Parva, which was mentioned by the ancient writers Strabo and Ptolemy. [1] The ancient Greek geographer Strabo wrote that young people of Alexandria would celebrate feasts in the neighborhood. [2] There are few remains of the ancient town today.
alexandria.gov.eg. Alexandria ( / ˌælɪɡˈzændriə, - ˈzɑːn -/ AL-ig-ZA (H)N-dree-ə; [ 5] 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 ...
Azarita. / 31.206121; 29.914813. Azarita ( Arabic: الأزاريطة) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. It's one of the oldest neighborhoods in Alexandria. It is located within the scope of the Central Alexandria district where Roman art appears in ancient Roman and Greek construction, which is found throughout Alexandria, especially in ...
Victoria ( Egyptian Arabic: فكتوريا Fiktoria) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt, named after Queen Victoria. It serves as a transportation hub for eastern Alexandria, containing the easternmost station of line 1 and 2 of the Alexandria tramways, with bus lines and mashrū` routes operating from near the terminal.
There are numerous attestations that Alexander founded a city in Lower Mesopotamia: many city-names such as Seleucia-on-the-Hedyphon, Alexandria near Babylon, Alexandria near the Pallakopas, and Alexandria on the Tigris have been proposed; but it is likely that some of these names refer to the same city. [ 31 ]
The history of Alexandria dates back to the city's founding, by Alexander the Great, in 331 BC. [ 1] Yet, before that, there were some big port cities just east of Alexandria, at the western edge of what is now Abu Qir Bay. The Canopic (westernmost) branch of the Nile Delta still existed at that time, and was widely used for shipping.
List of towns and villages in Egypt. Subdivisions of Egypt. Geography of Egypt. Climate of Egypt. List of historical capitals of Egypt. List of urban areas in Africa by population. List of largest cities in the Arab world. Lists of cities in Asia.
El Ibrahimiyya (neighborhood) El Labban. El Maamora Beach. El Maamora, Alexandria. El Mandara. El Manshiyya. El Max, Alexandria. El Qabary. El Saraya (neighborhood)