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Where was Gamal Abdel Nasser born?

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Gamal Abdel Nasser was born in the Bacos section of Alexandria, Egypt.12

While some Egyptian government publications previously claimed he was born in the village of Banī Murr to cultivate an image of him as a member of the rural agrarian class, this is inaccurate; he was born in a house in Alexandria where his father worked at the local post office.2