El Hamam () is the easternmost city in the

Matrouh Governorate Matrouh ( ) is a governorate in north-western Egypt. It borders Libya, and its capital is Mersa Matruh. Municipal divisions The governorate is divided into municipal divisions with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 538,546. ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

, located on the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

coast close to the border with the

Alexandria Governorate Alexandria () is one of the governorates of Egypt. The city of Alexandria was historically the capital of Egypt until the foundation of Fustat, which was later absorbed into Cairo. Today the Alexandria governorate is considered second in importa ...

. The ancient town Cheimo () was located in city's vicinity. It is also home to the Mohamed Naguib Military Base, which replaced an older military base constructed in 1993.

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Populated places in Matrouh Governorate {{Egypt-geo-stub