Fishing and summer-resort town of Egypt, located on the Mediterranean coast just east of Alexandria, on a promontory marking the western end of Abu Qir Bay. Nearby is the site of the ancient Egyptian port, Canopus, supposedly built at the mouth of the Nile's Canopic branch, which no longer exisits.
Monday, August 10, 2009
ABOUKIR
Fishing and summer-resort town of Egypt, located on the Mediterranean coast just east of Alexandria, on a promontory marking the western end of Abu Qir Bay. Nearby is the site of the ancient Egyptian port, Canopus, supposedly built at the mouth of the Nile's Canopic branch, which no longer exisits.
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