Alexandria Facts

Alexandria, Arab Republic of Egypt

Committee Website:	http://www.baltimoreegypt.org/
Official Website	http://www.alexandriaegypt.com/
Founded:	331 BC by Alexander the Great.
Established relationship with Baltimore City	1995
Location:	North west coast of Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is 140 miles from Cairo.
Population:	3.5 to 5 million
Language:	Standard Arabic, English and French also widely spoken
Government:	Republic
Governor:	General Adel Labib
Flag:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AlexFlag.gif
Port:	Egypt's largest seaport. Port of Alexandria is Egypt's major port. Alexandria was the first port in Egypt
Exports:	N/A
Colleges & Universities:	Alexandria University, Alexandria Institute of Technology. Also Alexandria has various international schools from England, Germany and France.
Professional Sports teams:	Soccer is the main sport in Alexandria and in much of Northern Africa as well. Alexandria has four major stadiums: Borg El Arab Stadium, Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Stadium and El-Krom Stadium.
Other Sister Cities:	Cleveland, Ohio is Alexandria's other sister city in the U.S.
Fun Facts:	* Alexandria has over 60 different neighborhoods. * Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a new library since 2002. It was built in hopes of reviving the Royal Library of Alexandria. The Royal Library was once the largest Library in the world but was destroyed. * Known as “the pearl of the Mediterranean