Place details
Place nameAl-Iskandariyah
Other namesal-Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Iskandariyah, Muhafazat al, Alexandria, Al-Iskandariyah governorate, Canopus
CountryMisr
Latitude31.167
Longitude29.883
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
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.