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Alexander

Alexandria * * * *: Also known as Alexandria and El Hisquin Daria

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Alexander

Alexandria * * * *: Also known as Alexandria and El Hisquin Daria * * * is a port on the middle coast of Egypt, the most important seaport in Egypt, the second largest city in Egypt and the capital of Alexandria. Its geographical position is 3 1 12' north latitude and 29 15' east longitude, 208 kilometers northwest of Cairo. The multi-branched and now dried-up mouth of the Nile is located 19 km east of Alexandria, where the remains of the ancient city of Kanopes are located. Alexandria has about 3.34 million residents. Its port is a bay neck estuary with a free industrial zone.

background

Alexandria was built in 332 BC, named after its founder Alexander the Great, and was the seat of the governor of Egypt province of Macedonian Empire at that time. After the death of Alexander the Great, the Egyptian Governor Ptolemy established the Ptolemy Dynasty here and was crowned as the Savior of Ptolemy I Soter. Alexandria became the capital of Egypt and soon became the largest city in ancient Greek culture. In ancient western history, its scale and wealth are second only to Rome. However, since the rulers of Egypt made Cairo the new capital of Egypt, Alexander's status has been declining. At the end of the Ottoman Empire, it almost became a small fishing village.

It is a trade center and cultural exchange center between ancient Europe and the East. It developed rapidly after World War II and is now a famous cotton market and an important textile industrial base in Egypt. In addition, shipbuilding, fertilizer, oil refining and other industries are also very developed. There is also the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, which attracts tourists from all over the world. The port's international airport has regular flights to all parts of the world.

climate

The port has a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with the highest annual average temperature of about 26℃ in July and the lowest temperature of about 12℃ in October. Sandstorms often occur in spring and autumn and can last for several hours to five days. It is often foggy in the early morning in winter. The average annual rainfall is about 300 mm.

general layout

Hong Kong is divided into two ports, the east and the west. There are two breakwaters and a long and narrow Faross Island as barriers outside the port. Westport is a good deep-water port with a territory area of over 6 square kilometers. There are 60 main wharves in the port area, with a coastline length of10143m. Maximum water depth10.6m, including special docks for coal, grain, wood and oil. There are all kinds of shore cranes, floating cranes, grab cranes, container gantry cranes, transport vehicles and tugboats, of which the maximum lifting capacity of floating cranes is 200 tons and the maximum power of tugboats is 880kW. The warehouse capacity in the port area is 30,000 tons. The maximum reliable ship of the wharf is 40,000 dwt. Handling efficiency: iron ore per hour 1000 tons, coal per hour 900 tons. The anchorage of the big ship is in Waigang District, with the maximum water depth of19.8m. The Hong Kong Free Industrial Zone was built in 1974, covering an area of 6 million square kilometers. 1992 container throughput is 236,000 TEUs, and the annual cargo throughput is about 30 million tons. The main export commodities are cotton, ore, fruit, syrup, salt, textiles, grains, ships, cotton yarn, clay and agricultural products. The main commodities entering Japan are steel, automobiles, tea, coffee, wood, light and heavy machinery, tobacco and industrial products. Every year, 80% ~ 90% of Egypt's foreign trade goods transit through Hong Kong.

Alexander's famous cultural relics include the Alexandria-Faroe Lighthouse and the Alexandria Library. The former is one of the seven wonders of the world, but it was destroyed by an earthquake. The latter is the royal library of Ptolemy royal family, which was destroyed by fire during Cleopatra VII and rebuilt during the Roman dynasty. In 39 1 year, the bishop of the Roman Empire in Egypt, Afello, ordered the books in the library of Alexandria to be burned. This marks the end of the Egyptian classical cultural period and the beginning of the European medieval cultural period.

history

The history of Alexandria can be divided into four periods:

Ptolemy era from the establishment of the city to the arrival of the Romans.

The Roman period witnessed the arrival of people from 80 years ago to 64 1 year.

* * * Period from 64 1 to 1798 Napoleon occupied Alexandria.

Modern times from 1798 to the present.

China naval visit

On July 26th, 20 10, at 9: 00 * * Beijing time 14: 00 * *, the fifth escort formation of the China navy, consisting of the guided missile destroyer Guangzhou and the guided missile frigate Chaohu, arrived in Alexandria, Egypt, and was invited to pay a five-day official goodwill visit to Egypt. This is also the first time that an China naval escort formation has visited Egypt. The mighty warships were covered with flags, and officers and men dressed in all-white clothes lined up neatly on one side of the deck. Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Consul General in Alexandria, staff of embassies and consulates, and representatives of overseas Chinese met and visited the warship at the dock.