Alexandria

AADM1 First-order administrative division · EG

GeonameId: 361059
Coordinates: 31.00000, 29.75000
Population: 5,599,387
Elevation: ca. 27 m
SRTM3 27 m · ASTER 28 m
Timezone: Africa/Cairo
Feature code: AADM1
Wikipedia: Article

Permalink: https://www.geonames.org/361059/alexandria.html

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Places within this division

Neighbouring divisions

ADM1Beheira GovernorateEG
ADM1Muḩāfaz̧at MaţrūḩEG

Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:46raqazhet
add name :tt,Искәндәрия
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:46raqazhet
add name :ps,الإسكندرية
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:46raqazhet
add name :pa,ਅਲੈਕਜ਼ੈਂਡ੍ਰਿਆ
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:45raqazhet
add name :om,Iskandaariya
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:45raqazhet
add name :jv,Iskandariyah
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:45raqazhet
add name :ha,Iskandaria
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:44raqazhet
add name :am,አሌክሳንድሪያ
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:44raqazhet
add name :ky,Александрия
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:44raqazhet
add name :uz,Iskandariya
Apr 16, 2026, 10:03:43raqazhet
add name :kk,Александрия
Nov 18, 2025, 06:29:42aileenmedalla
pop 5,226,000 > 5,599,387 (7% diff)
Jan 4, 2023, 17:23:26aileenmedalla
pop 3,811,516 > 5,226,000 (37% diff)
Jul 8, 2020, 09:01:21nga
name:Muḩāfaz̧at al Iskandarīyah>Alexandria
May 8, 2015, 01:28:58skaldic
add name :is,Alexandría
May 7, 2011, 08:46:33nga
altnames:[Al Iskandariyah, الاسكندرية, اسكندرية, محافظة الاسكندرية, Alexandria, askndryt, Al Iskandarīyah, alaskndryt],movement 2.837 km
Apr 18, 2011, 13:30:12nga
altnames:[Al Iskandariyah, الاسكندرية, اسكندرية, محافظة الاسكندرية, Alexandria, askndryt, mhafzt alaskndryt, Al Iskandarīyah, alaskndryt],movement 22.428 km
May 29, 2007, 03:01:01humanzz
update name :ar,محافظة الاسكندرية
May 29, 2007, 03:00:57humanzz
update name :ar,اسكندرية (s)
May 29, 2007, 03:00:31humanzz
add name :ar,محافظة الاسكندرية
May 29, 2007, 02:59:47humanzz
update name :ar,اسكندرية (s)
May 29, 2007, 02:59:42humanzz
update name :ar,الاسكندرية (x)
May 29, 2007, 02:59:39humanzz
add name :ar,اسكندرية (s)
May 29, 2007, 02:59:18humanzz
add name :ar,الاسكندرية
May 29, 2007, 02:58:21humanzz
update name :en,Alexandria Governorate (x)
May 29, 2007, 02:57:29humanzz
add name :en,Alexandria (s)
May 15, 2007, 16:28:52fips
add shortname :Al Iskandarīyah
Mar 23, 2006, 18:55:02worldgazetteer
add pop 3811516

What do these codes mean?

The language code refers to the ISO-639-2 and ISO-639-3 codes.

en (english)
fr (french)

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Accepted pseudo language codes:

post (postal codes)
icao, iata, faac, tcid (airport codes)
abbr (abbreviation)
link (link to website)
phon (phonetics)
piny (pinyin)
wkdt (wikidataid)
unlc (UNLOCODE)
nuts (EU NUTS code)
lauc (EU LAU code)

p. = preferred
s. = short
h. = historical
c. = colloquial

Names in other languages

			Tags
		Alexandria
		Alexandria Governorate
		Al Iskandarīyah
		Iskanderiya
		Mohafazat El Iskandariya
		Muḩāfaz̧at al Iskandarīyah
`am`	Amharic	አሌክሳንድሪያ
`ar`	Arabic	اسكندرية	short
`ar`	Arabic	الإسكندرية
`ar`	Arabic	الاسكندرية	official
`ar`	Arabic	محافظة الإسكندرية
`ar`	Arabic	محافظة الاسكندرية
`hy`	Armenian	Ալեքսանդրիա
`ast`	Asturian	gobernación d'Alexandría
`az`	Azerbaijani	əl-İskəndəriyyə mühafəzəsi
`bn`	Bangla	আলেক্সান্দ্রিয়া গভর্নোরেট
`bar`	Bavarian	Alexandria
`be`	Belarusian	Мухафаза Александрыя
`bs`	Bosnian	Aleksandrija
`bg`	Bulgarian	Александрия
`ca`	Catalan	governació d'Alexandria
`ceb`	Cebuano	Muḩāfaz̧at al Iskandarīyah
`ckb`	Central Kurdish	پارێزگای ئەسکەندەریە
`zh`	Chinese	亞歷山大省
`co`	Corsican	Guvernatoratu di Alessandria
`cs`	Czech	Alexandrie
`da`	Danish	Alexandria
`de-CH`	de-ch	Gouvernement al-Iskandariyya
`nl`	Dutch	Alexandrië
`arz`	Egyptian Arabic	محافظة اسكندريه
`en-CA`	en-ca	Alexandria Governorate
`en-GB`	en-gb	Alexandria Governorate
`en`	English	Alexandria	short
`en`	English	Alexandria Governorate	official
`eo`	Esperanto	Provinco Aleksandrio
`et`	Estonian	Aleksandria kubernerkond
`fi`	Finnish	Al-Iskandariyyan kuvernoraatti
`fr`	French	Alexandrie
`ka`	Georgian	ალექსანდრიის მუჰაფაზა
`de`	German	Gouvernement Alexandria
`el`	Greek	Κυβερνείο Αλεξάνδρειας
`gu`	Gujarati	એલેક્ઝાન્ડ્રિયા ગવર્નોરેટ
`ha`	Hausa	Iskandaria
`he`	Hebrew	מחוז אלכסנדריה
`hi`	Hindi	सिकन्दरिया मुहाफ़ज़ाह
`hu`	Hungarian	Alexandria kormányzóság
`is`	Icelandic	Alexandría
`id`	Indonesian	Kegubernuran Aleksandria
`ga`	Irish	Gobharnóireacht Chathair Alastair
`it`	Italian	Governatorato di Alessandria
`ja`	Japanese	アレクサンドリア県
`jv`	Javanese	Iskandariyah
`kn`	Kannada	ಅಲೆಕ್ಸಾಂಡ್ರಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
`kk`	Kazakh	Александрия
`ko`	Korean	알렉산드리아주
`ky`	Kyrgyz	Александрия
`lad`	Ladino	Alejandria
`la`	Latin	Alexandria
`lv`	Latvian	Aleksandrijas muhāfaza
`link`	link to website	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Governorate
`lt`	Lithuanian	Aleksandrijos muchafaza
`ms`	Malay	Kegabenoran Iskandariah
`mr`	Marathi	अलेग्ज़ॅंड्रिया गव्हर्नोरेट
`nan`	Min Nan Chinese	Alexandria Séng
`nb`	Norwegian Bokmål	Guvernementet Al Iskandariyah
`om`	Oromo	Iskandaariya
`ps`	Pashto	الإسكندرية
`fa`	Persian	استان اسکندریه
`pl`	Polish	Aleksandria
`pt`	Portuguese	Alexandria
`pt-BR`	pt-br	Alexandria
`pa`	Punjabi	ਅਲੈਕਜ਼ੈਂਡ੍ਰਿਆ
`ro`	Romanian	Al Iskandariyah
`ru`	Russian	Александрия
`sco`	Scots	Alexandria Govrenorate
`sr`	Serbian	Александрија
`hbs`	Serbo-Croatian	Aleksandrija
`si`	Sinhala	ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්‍රියා පළාත
`sk`	Slovak	Alexandria
`so`	Somali	Alexandria Governorate
`azb`	South Azerbaijani	اسکندریه اوستانی
`es`	Spanish	Alejandría
`sw`	Swahili	Mkoa wa Aleksandria
`sv`	Swedish	Alexandria
`tg`	Tajik	Вилояти Искандария
`ta`	Tamil	அலெக்சாண்ட்ரியா கோவெர்னோரே
`tt`	Tatar	Искәндәрия
`te`	Telugu	ఆలెక్సాండ్రియా గవర్నరేట్
`th`	Thai	เขตผู้ว่าการอะเล็กซานเดรีย
`tr`	Turkish	İskenderiye
`uk`	Ukrainian	Александрія
`ur`	Urdu	محافظہ اسکندریہ
`uz`	Uzbek	Iskandariya
`vi`	Vietnamese	Alexandria
`war`	Waray (Philippines)	Alexandria
`hyw`	Western Armenian	Աղեքսանտրիոյ նահանգ
`pnb`	Western Panjabi	صوبہ اسکندریہ
`wkdt`	Wikidata	Q29943
`wuu`	Wu Chinese	亚历山大省
`yue`	Yue Chinese	亞歷山大省
`zh-Hans`	zh-hans	亚历山大省
`zh-Hant`	zh-hant	亞歷山大省
`zu`	Zulu	Alexandria Governorate