The first map displays the physical size of the Egyptian city of Alexandria, while the graph illustrates the population of the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 1840, 1900, 1960 and 1980.
Overall, it is evident that both physical size and population of the Egyptian city of Alexandria experienced upward trends over the years. A remarkable point is that this city has opened widely from a piece of land next to Mediterranean Sea to a big city surrounded by Mediterranean Sea and Lake Marriout. The biggest size of this city was in 1980, while the size of this city in 1840 made up minority. In contrast, the population started with the lowest number in 1840 and peaked at the year 1980.
Looking fist at the map, the Egyptian city of Alexandria started with a small land, 4 kilometer square but increased significantly to 100 kilometer square at 1980. What a big gap between this two years! After 1840, this piece of land has a slight increase, but not significant. The year 1960 remarked a development of this city with long spectrum from the south to the north.
Turning to the second graph, it is clear that the Egyptian city of Alexandria started with a small piece of land. Therefore, the population at 1840 was low, which numbered at below 1 millions. The population gradually increased but still remained below 1 millions to 1920. After that, the total of people in this city gained 1 millions at 1940 and to outstrip 1 millions at 1960. A dramatic development of the population was in 1980, which considerably climbed over than 3 millions.