North Coast

The northern coast of Egypt (Arabic: الساحل الشمالي‎ Al Sāḥel Al Šamāli, north coast, commonly shortened to الساحل Al Sāḥel, “the coast”) extends for about 1,050 km (650 mi) along the Mediterranean Sea from the eastern side of the Sinai Peninsula at the Egypt-Gaza border to the western village of Sallum at the Egypt–Libya border. It is one of the longest Mediterranean coastlines in North Africa.

The city of Alexandria lies at the center of Egypt’s Mediterranean coastline in Lower Egypt (northern Egypt), as chosen by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE. The north coast has been the hub of sea travel between the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Delta for over 2,300 years.