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Encyclopedia > Mersa Matruh

Mersa Matruh is a seaport in Egypt, Africa. Mersa Mutrah is ~240 km west of Alexandria. During World War II, the British Army's Baggush Box was located to the east. During this period, Mersa Matruh was the terminus for a single-track railway which passed through El Alamein.


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Mersa Matruh (196 words)
Mersa Matruh is an ancient town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, 290 kilometres west of Alexandria.
The Matruh area was developed into a strong defensive position known as a "box" and heavily fortified with minefields, anti-tank obstacles, barbed wire entanglements and a series of smaller defended areas.
Today Matruh is a popular resort town and the site of a museum established in Rommel's former headquarters by his son.
Marsa Matruh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (159 words)
Marsa Matruh (Arabic مرسى مطروح [Marsā Maṭrūḥ]) (known in Ptolomaic and Byzantine times as Paraitonion (Παραιτόνιον) and in Roman times as Paraetonium) is a seaport in Egypt.
During this period, Marsa Matruh was the terminus for a single-track railway which passed through El Alamein.
Marsa Matruh's main function nowadays is to serve as a getaway resort for Cairenes eager to flee the capital in the sweltering summer months.
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