Alexandria

Alexandria 
known as the ( Pearl of the Mediterranean ) , was founded by Alexander the Great in 332BC as the capital for his Egyptian Kingdom.
It is the second-largest city of Egypt , extending about 32 km (20 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea  in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving approximately 80% of Egypt's imports and exports.

Alexandria is also an important tourist resort . It is home to the Bibliotheca Alexandria.

It is an important industrial centre because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez.

It remained Egypt's capital for nearly a thousand years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 
AD 641, when a new capital was founded at Fustat.

 
Alexandria 
was known because of its Lighthouse of Alexandria , one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. ,its library (the largest library in the ancient world); and the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa. . Ongoing maritime archaeology in the harbor of Alexandria, which began in 1994, is revealing details of Alexandria both before the arrival of Alexander, when a city named Rhacotis existed there, and during thePtolemaic Dynasty.

   

Modern city 
Districts

Modern Alexandria is divided into six districts:

• al-Montaza District
• Sharak (Eastern Alexandria District
• Wassat (Central Alexandria) District
• al-Amriya District
• Agamy (Western Alexandria) District:
• al-Gomrok District

There are also two cities under the jurisdiction of the Alexandria governorate forming metropolitan Alexandria:

• Borg Al-Arab city
• New Borg Al-Arab city