Alexandria

E2920

Mediterranean port city city historical city

Alexandria is a historic Mediterranean port city in northern Egypt, renowned for its ancient library, lighthouse, and enduring role as a cultural and intellectual center.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Alexandria canonical	299
Alexandria metropolitan area	9
Alexandria city center	5
central Alexandria	4
City of Alexandria	2
Alexandria in the Hellenistic period	1
Alexandria metropolitan region	1
Alexandria, Egypt	1
Alexandria... Why?	1
Port of Alexandria	1
eastern Alexandria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mediterranean port city ⓘ city ⓘ historical city ⓘ
climate	hot-summer Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
demographics	ethnically diverse in antiquity ⓘ
economicRole	industrial center ⓘ major seaport of Egypt ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander the Great ⓘ
foundingDate	331 BC ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Alexandria University ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage tentative list ⓘ
hasLandmark	Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa ⓘ Citadel of Qaitbay ⓘ Corniche of Alexandria ⓘ Montaza Palace ⓘ Pompey’s Pillar ⓘ Roman Amphitheatre of Alexandria ⓘ
hasModernInstitution	Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ surface form: Bibliotheca Alexandrina research center
hasPort	Alexandria self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port of Alexandria
historicalEra	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine period Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic period Roman period ⓘ
historicalEvent	destruction of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ Coptic ⓘ
knownFor	Alexandrian library ideal ⓘ surface form: Library of Alexandria Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Pharos of Alexandria cultural center of the Hellenistic world ⓘ intellectual center of the ancient Mediterranean ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Egypt ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
namedAfter	Alexander the Great ⓘ
partOf	Alexandria Governorate ⓘ
region	Lower Egypt ⓘ surface form: Nile Delta
religiousSignificance	early center of Christianity ⓘ seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ UTC+2 ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	Alexandria tram ⓘ Borg El Arab Airport ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Byzantine Egypt ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt

Referenced by (325)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ismail Serageldin → workLocation → Alexandria ⓘ

Eastern Mediterranean → majorPortCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Egypt → hasFamousCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Mediterranean Sea → hasMajorPort → Alexandria ⓘ

Jewish diaspora → hasCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria in the Hellenistic period

North Africa → hasMajorCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Alexandria → hasPort → Alexandria self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Alexandria

Ottoman Empire → importantPort → Alexandria ⓘ

Septuagint → placeOfOrigin → Alexandria ⓘ

Arianism → originatedInRegion → Alexandria ⓘ

Northern Virginia Community College → serviceArea → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Alexandria

Omar Sharif → placeOfBirth → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria, Egypt

Egyptian National Railways network → connects → Alexandria ⓘ

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → capital → Alexandria ⓘ

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → hasMajorCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Hellenistic Jews → geographicDistribution → Alexandria ⓘ

Alexander → hasFeminineForm → Alexandria ⓘ

Umayyad Caliphate → majorPortCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Coptic Rite → geographicCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) → hostCityBidRivals → Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics

Isis → worshipCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

Del Ray → partOf → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Alexandria

Borg El Arab Airport → servesPopulationCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria metropolitan area

Corniche of Alexandria → adjacentTo → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria city center

Roman Amphitheatre of Alexandria → near → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria city center

Egyptians → populationCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria metropolitan area

Cairo–Alexandria line → endPoint → Alexandria ⓘ

Cairo–Alexandria line → serves → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria metropolitan area

Alexandria Misr Station → serves → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria metropolitan area

Archimedes → placeOfActivity → Alexandria ⓘ

Manf → laterSupplantedBy → Alexandria ⓘ

Donations of Alexandria → place → Alexandria ⓘ

Hellenistic period → majorCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Council of Alexandria (AD 362) → heldIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Melkite Greek Catholic → historicalCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

Letter of Aristeas → setting → Alexandria ⓘ

Letter of Aristeas → placeOfOrigin → Alexandria ⓘ

Claudius Ptolemaeus → birthPlace → Alexandria ⓘ

Claudius Ptolemaeus → activeIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Cleopatra VII → birthPlace → Alexandria ⓘ

Cleopatra VII → deathPlace → Alexandria ⓘ

Cleopatra VII → capitalOfRealm → Alexandria ⓘ

Demis Roussos → placeOfBirth → Alexandria ⓘ

Coptic calendar → originRegion → Alexandria ⓘ

Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark → use → Alexandria ⓘ

Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark → associatedCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Tanta → locatedBetween → Alexandria ⓘ

Tanta → hasRailConnectionTo → Alexandria ⓘ

Tanta → hasRoadConnectionTo → Alexandria ⓘ

Mark the Evangelist → associatedWithPlace → Alexandria ⓘ