El Alamein district

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El Alamein district is an administrative region in Egypt’s Matrouh Governorate, known for encompassing the historic World War II battlefield area around the town of El Alamein on the Mediterranean coast.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
El Alamein battlefield area 1
El Alamein district canonical 1
El Alamein sector 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
subdivision of Egypt ⓘ
administrativeLevel district ⓘ
borderedBy Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
contains El Alamein ⓘ
El Alamein battlefield ⓘ
linked to: El Alamein

World War II battlefield area ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
governorateCapital Mersa Matruh ⓘ
linked to: Marsa Matruh
hasAdministrativeCenter El Alamein ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance North African Campaign ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasTransport Alexandria–Marsa Matruh highway ⓘ
knownFor El Alamein battles of 1942 ⓘ
military tourism ⓘ
war cemeteries and memorials ⓘ
locatedIn Matrouh Governorate ⓘ
Western Desert ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northwestern Egypt ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea coast ⓘ
nearbyCity Alexandria ⓘ
Mersa Matruh ⓘ
linked to: Marsa Matruh
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf Arab Republic of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Egypt

Matrouh Governorate ⓘ
usesCurrency Egyptian pound ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Alamein → administrativeDivision → El Alamein district ⓘ
El Alamein German Memorial → hasView → El Alamein battlefield area ⓘ
linked to: El Alamein district
North Coast of Egypt → hasPart → New Alamein City ⓘ
linked to: El Alamein district
Brescia Infantry Division → foughtIn → El Alamein sector ⓘ
linked to: El Alamein district