Mersa Matruh (Arabic: مرسى مطروح Marsā Maṭroūḥ) is a Mediterranean seaport an the caipital o the Matruh Govrenorate in Egyp.
It is 240 km (149 mile) wast o Alexandria an 222 km frae Sallum, on the main heich-gate frae the Nile Delta tae the Libian border. Anither heich-gate leads sooth frae the toun, toward the Wastern Desert an the oases o Siwa an Bahariya. Durin Auncient Egyptian times an durin the reign o Alexander The Great, the ceety wis kent as Amunia. In Ptolemaic an Byzantine times it wis kent as Paraitonion (Παραιτόνιον), an in Roman times, as Paraetonium.
Marsa Matruh is a main Egyptian tourist ceety, an serves as a getaway resort for Europeans an Cairenes eager tae flee the caipital in the swelterin simmer months. It is served bi Marsa Matrouh Airport. The ceety is kent for its white saft sands an calm transparent waters; the bay is protectit frae the heich seas bi a series o rocks formin a naitural breakwater, wi a sma openin tae allou licht vessels in.
It stairtit as a sma fishin toun durin Auncient Egyptian times an Alexander The Great an wis named Amunia, an thare are ruins o a temple o Rameses II (1200 B.C.). Then, Marsa Matrouh became kent as Paraitonion in Ptolemaic era. Yet, when Roman occupation came tae Egyp the toun became an important harbor for tred an sendin guids an crops tae Roum. It wis named Paraetonium at that time. Durin Warld War II, the Breetish Airmy's Baggush Box wis locatit tae the east. During this period, Marsa Matrouh wis the terminus for a single-track railwey which passed throu El Alamein.
Marsa Matrouh haes a teepical dry Mediterranean climate, wi cuil winters an warm, dry simmers. As the ceety an the region as a whole experience pleasant wather durin simmer, the ceety becomes a destination for millions o Egyptians an foreign tourists. Rainfaw occurs mainly durin winter, but mey an aa appear durin the hairst or the ware. Sleet an hail can an aa occur.
Climate data for Marsa Matrouh | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record heich °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.6 (81.7) | 34.3 (93.7) | 38.0 (100.4) | 44.3 (111.7) | 44.7 (112.5) | 43.1 (109.6) | 39.2 (102.6) | 33.8 (92.8) | 29.1 (84.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 44.7 (112.5) |
Average heich °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 27.5 (81.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 34.8 (94.6) | 34.6 (94.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 18.3 (64.9) | 16.4 (61.5) | 24.0 (75.2) |
Average law °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 14.2 (57.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 16.3 (61.3) |
Record law °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) | 2.5 (36.5) | 4.7 (40.5) | 6.8 (44.2) | 8.5 (47.3) | 10.1 (50.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 9.9 (49.8) | 8.2 (46.8) | 6.7 (44.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 2.3 (36.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.9 (0.78) | 14.8 (0.58) | 12.0 (0.47) | 7.9 (0.31) | 1.5 (0.06) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.1 (0.08) | 8.6 (0.34) | 18.0 (0.71) | 22.7 (0.89) | 107.5 (4.23) |
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