Victoria (neighborhood)

Victoria
فكتوريا
Victoria

Location in Egypt

Coordinates: 31°14′55″N 29°58′11″E / 31.248617°N 29.969745°E / 31.248617; 29.969745Coordinates: 31°14′55″N 29°58′11″E / 31.248617°N 29.969745°E / 31.248617; 29.969745
Country  Egypt
Governorate Alexandria
Time zone EST (UTC+2)

Victoria (Arabic: فكتوريا) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt, named after Queen Victoria.

It contains the easternmost station of Alexandria Tram lines 1 and 2, with bus lines and mashrū` routes operating from nearby the terminal; it is thus accounted a primary transportation hub of eastern Alexandria.

Victoria also plays host to Victoria College, Alexandria, a private, secular secondary school originally in the style of the British public school famous across Egypt.

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