Borg El Arab

For the hotel in Dubai, see Burj Al Arab.
Borg El Arab
برج العرب
Borg El Arab

Location in Egypt

Coordinates: 30°50′56″N 29°36′42″E / 30.84889°N 29.61167°E / 30.84889; 29.61167Coordinates: 30°50′56″N 29°36′42″E / 30.84889°N 29.61167°E / 30.84889; 29.61167
Country  Egypt
Governorate Alexandria
Population (2006)
 • Total 113,209
Time zone EST (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Borg el-Arab (Arabic: برج العرب‎‎) is an industrial city in the governorate of Alexandria, Egypt.

Overview

It is located about 45 kilometers south-west Alexandria city centre and some seven kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. North of the Borg El Arab city is the King Maryut resort and Lake Maryut. The city has an airport, Borg El Arab Airport, that serves nearly 250,000 passengers every year. Borg El Arab is often seen as a natural extension of Alexandria.[1]

On 23 April 1973 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat met with Syrian president Hafez al-Assad at the presidential resort in Borg El Arab for two days of detailed discussions in preparation for the joint offensive on Israel which launched the Yom Kippur War. President Hosni Mubarak performed the formal inauguration of the city in November 1988.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Egyptian Ministry of trade and industry. "Borg El-Arab Location".
  2. ↑ Egyptian Ministry of trade and industry. "Borg El-Arab Overview".
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