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ID: 1001079
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Record Type: administrative |
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Muḩāfaz̧at al Iskandarīyah (governorate) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 029 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 29.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: A densely settled area including a desert hinterland extending south into Western Desert; has remains of ancient Egyptian center of Pe-Gewat, known in Hellenistic times as Canopus; was a pleasure resort in Ptolemaic times. |
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| Muḩāfaz̧at al Iskandarīyah (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Iskandarīyah, Muḩāfaz̧at al (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| al-Iskandarīyah (C,V)
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| Al Iskandarīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Al Iskandariyah (C,V)
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| Alexandria (C,O)
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| Iskandarīyah, Muḥāfaẓat al (C,V)
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| Al-Iskandarīyah governorate (C,O,display)
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| Alexandria Governorate (C,V)
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| Al-Iskandarīyah (C,V)
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| El Iskandariya, Mohafazat (C,V)
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| Mohafazat El Iskandariya (C,V)
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| Iskanderiya (C,V)
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| EG06 (C,V,FIPS,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| محافظة الإسكندرية (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| الإسكندرية (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| Canopus (H,V)
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