Al-ʿĀmiriyyah

Al-ʿĀmiriyyah, industrial district of Al-Iskandariyyah (Alexandria) muḥāfaẓah (governorate), northern Egypt. The centre of the 913-square-mile (2,365-square-km) district, which adjoins Lake Maryūṭ (Mareotis) on the southwest, is Al-ʿĀmiriyyah town. This town was originally a small gypsum-mining centre on the desert roads leading south to Cairo and west along the coast to Marsā Maṭrūḥ. Al-ʿĀmiriyyah’s modern development began in the late 1970s, when construction started on major industrial plants in the district, including an oil refinery and...