Alexandria, Egypt

E73916

Mediterranean port city city

Alexandria, Egypt is a historic Mediterranean port city founded by Alexander the Great, renowned for its ancient library, lighthouse, and enduring cultural significance in Egypt.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Alexandria	128
Alexandria, Egypt canonical	25
Alexandria in Egypt	5
city of Alexandria	4
Alexandria (disputed)	1
Alexandria, capital of Ptolemaic Egypt	1
City of Alexandria government	1
Port of Alexandria	1
mainland Alexandria	1
الإسكندرية	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mediterranean port city ⓘ city ⓘ
climate	hot-summer Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
economySector	petrochemicals ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ
foundationDate	331 BC ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander the Great ⓘ
hasHistoricalSite	Library of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Ancient Library of Alexandria Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa ⓘ Citadel of Qaitbay ⓘ Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ Pompey’s Pillar ⓘ ruins of the Serapeum of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Serapeum of Alexandria
hasLandmark	Alexandria National Museum ⓘ Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ Corniche ⓘ Montaza Palace ⓘ Roman Amphitheatre of Alexandria ⓘ Royal Jewelry Museum ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Alexandria ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ Coptic ⓘ Latin ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Alexandria Governorate ⓘ
isSecondLargestCityIn	Egypt ⓘ
knownFor	Library of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Ancient Library of Alexandria Hellenistic scholarship ⓘ Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ cosmopolitan culture ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Alexandria Governorate ⓘ
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
namedAfter	Alexander the Great ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
partOf	Nile Delta ⓘ
religiousSignificance	major center of early Christianity ⓘ seat of Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria ⓘ
servedAs	capital of Byzantine Egypt ⓘ capital of Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ capital of Roman Egypt ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+2 ⓘ
wasPartOf	Islamic Caliphates ⓘ surface form: Arab Caliphate Byzantine Empire ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (168)

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

Rudolf Hess → placeOfBirth → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

Alexander the Great → foundedCity → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria

Alexander the Great → burialPlace → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria (disputed)

Alexandria tram → locatedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria

Borg El Arab Airport → serves → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria

Borg El Arab Airport → cityServed → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina → locatedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Alexandria Library → fundedBy → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Alexandria government

Athanasius of Alexandria → birthPlace → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Athanasius of Alexandria → deathPlace → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Athanasius of Alexandria → region → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Naples → twinnedWith → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Hellenistic kingdoms → hasCapital → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria in Egypt

Gregory of Nazianzus → educatedAt → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Ptolemaic Kingdom → capital → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Ptolemaic Kingdom → majorCity → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Ptolemaic Kingdom → majorPort → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Alexandria University → locatedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Alexandria University → city → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Origen → birthPlace → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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El Alamein → near → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Orthodox Church of Alexandria → headquartersLocation → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Orthodox Church of Alexandria → hasApostolicSee → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Orthodox Church of Alexandria → foundedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Victoria College, Alexandria → locatedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Cyril of Alexandria → birthPlace → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Cyril of Alexandria → deathPlace → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Cyril of Alexandria → regionOfActivity → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Byzantine Egypt → hasCapital → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Byzantine Egypt → contains → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Byzantine Egypt → majorCity → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Egyptian Revolution of 2011 → location → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Ptolemaic system → originatedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Codex Alexandrinus → probableOrigin → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Codex Alexandrinus → namedAfter → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Dundee → twinnedWith → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Book of Wisdom → placeOfComposition → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Arius → birthPlace → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Citadel of Qaitbay → locatedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa → location → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria

Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa → nearbyCity → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Alexandria Governorate → capital → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria

Alexandria Governorate → largestCity → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Alexandria Governorate → contains → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Alexandria

Alexandria Governorate → administrativeCenter → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Montaza Palace → locatedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria

Montaza Palace → city → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Fatimid Caliphate → majorPort → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

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Lighthouse of Alexandria → locatedIn → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria

Economy of Egypt → keyCity → Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria