Alexandria

Alexandria (Arabic:  al-Iskandariyya; Coptic:  ; ; ; Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه ), 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 centre acause o its natural gas an ile 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 o its Lichthouse o Alexandria (Pharos), ane o the Seiven Wonders o the Ancient Warld; its library (the lairgest leebrar 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 thare, an durin the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Frae the late 19t century, Alexandria became a major centre 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 tred 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 eThekwini Online: The Official Site of the City of Durban
  Thessaloniki in Greece
  St. Petersburg in Roushie
  Shanghai in Cheenae
  Kanpur in Indie
  Baltimore in Unitit States  Kuching in Malaysie

 References 

Category:330s BC establishments

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Category:Auncient Greek steids in Egyp
Category:Airchaeological steids in Egyp
Category:Populatit places in Egyp
Category:Populatit coastal places in Egyp
Category:Umwhile naitional caipitals
Category:Historic Jewish commonties
Category:Metropolitan auries o Egyp
Category:Roman touns an ceeties in Egyp
Category:Populatit places established in the 4t century BC
Category:Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Egyp
Category:Populatit places alang the Silk Road