El Alamein

El Alamein
العلمين
al-ʿAlamayn
Clockwise from top:
Marina's Porto Resort, The German Memorial, Alamein Port, Armen Agop Structure at Alamein Hotel, Alamein Military Museum, Sunset on Alamein's Beaches, Marina Alamein Arch Site Tomb Superstructures
El Alamein is located in Egypt
El Alamein
El Alamein
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°50′N 28°57′E / 30.833°N 28.950°E / 30.833; 28.950
Country Egypt
GovernorateMatrouh
Population
 (2007)
 • Total7,397[citation needed]
 • Estimate 
(2017)
10,013
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
Historical population
YearPop.±%
20077,397—    
201710,013+35.4%

El Alamein (Arabic: العلمين, romanizedal-ʿAlamayn, lit.'the two flags', IPA: [elʕælæˈmeːn] ) is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt. Located on the Mediterranean Sea, it lies 106 kilometres (66 mi) west of Alexandria and 300 kilometres (186 mi) northwest of Cairo. The town is located on the site of the ancient city Antiphrai which was built by the Romans.(Greek: Ἀντίφραι).[1]

  1. ^ "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 5 September 2022.