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egypt: Al `Alamayn (El Alamein)

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. Al `Alamayn (El Alamein). El Alamein (or Al Alamayn) (Arabic: العلمين‎) is a town in northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea coast in Matruh Governorate. It is located 106 kilometres (66 mi) west of Alexandria and 240 kilometres (149 mi) northwest of Cairo. The population was approximately 7,397 people, as of 2007. List of cities in Egypt.

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egypt: Akhmim

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. Akhmim (Arabic اخميم, from Egyptian Khent-min, through Coptic Khmin) is a city in the Upper Egyptian Sohag Governorate. The Greek names of the city were Khemmis, Chemmis and Panopolis. It is located the east bank of the Nile, 4 miles to the northeast of Sohag. List of cities in Egypt.

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egypt: Aswan

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. Aswan (formerly spelled Assuan), (in standard Arabic: أسوان‎ Aswān) Egyptian: Swenet (trade), Coptic: Swān; Greek: Συήνη Syene; Spanish: Asuán) is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate. It stands on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract and is a busy market and tourist center. Its ancient name, Swenet, translates as "trade". It contains the island of Elephantine. The N...

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egypt: Damietta

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. Damietta, Damiata, or Domyat (Arabic: دمياط‎) is a port and the capital of the governorate of Domyat, Egypt. It is located at the intersection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Cairo. In Ancient Egypt, the city was known as Tamiat, but it became less important in the Hellenic period after the construction of Alexandria. Amr Ibn Al-a'as Mosque (Al-Fateh) the 2...

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egypt: List of cities in Egypt

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. List of cities in Egypt. Al `Alamayn (El Alamein). List of cities in Egypt.

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egypt: Al Ghardaqah (Hurghada)

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. The city was founded in the early 20th century, and since the 1980s has been continually enlarged by Egyptian and foreign investors to become the leading seashore resort on the Red Sea. Holiday villages and hotels provide aquatic sport facilities for sailboarders, yachtsmen, scuba divers and snorklers. The city is served by the Hurghada International Airport with scheduled passenger traffic to and from Cair...

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egypt: Cairo

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. Cairo was founded by the Fatimid caliphs as a royal enclosure. It replaced Fustat as the seat of the government. It later came under the Mamluks, was ruled by the Ottomans 1517 to 1798, and briefly occupied by Napoleon. Muhammad Ali of Egypt made Cairo the capital of his independent empire from 1805 to 1882, after which the British took control of it until Egypt attained independence in 1922. Later, during ...

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egypt: Arish

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. The city also has some of the faculties of Suez Canal University. El Arish is by a big wadi called the Wadi el Arish, which receives flash flood water from much of north and central Sinai. New fortifications were constructed at the original site by the Ottoman Empire in 1560. During the Napoleonic Wars, the French laid siege to the fort, which fell after 11 days on February 19, 1799. The fort was de...El Ar...

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egypt: Kawm Umbu

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Africa, alexandria, ancient, cairo, egypt, history, luxor, nile, pyramid, tourism, tours, travel,. In antiquity the city was in the Thebaid, the capital of the Nomos Ombites, upon the east bank of the Nile; latitude 24° 6′north. Ombos was a garrison town under every dynasty of Egypt, Pharaonic, Macedonian, and Roman, and was celebrated for the magnificence of its temples and its hereditary feud with the people of. List of cities in Egypt.