Borg El Arab

Borg El Arab, whose Arabic name means Tower of the Arabs, is a city in the governorate of Alexandria, Egypt, and the capital of Borg El Arab Markaz. It lies about 52 kilometres south-west of Alexandria and some seven kilometres from the Mediterranean coast, with the King Maryut resort and Lake Maryut to its north and New Borg El Arab City to its south. The city has an airport, Borg El Arab Airport, serving nearly 250,000 passengers a year, and the largest football stadium in Egypt. In April 1973 President Anwar Sadat met Syrian president Hafez al-Assad at the presidential resort here to prepare the joint offensive that began the Yom Kippur War, and President Hosni Mubarak formally inaugurated the city in November 1988. It is widely considered an extension of Alexandria.