Although there is no definitive answer to where John wrote his gospel. Early church tradition points to Ephesus.
The early church father Irenaeus says "Afterwards, John, the disciple of the Lord, who also had leaned upon His breast, did himself publish a Gospel during his resence at Ephesus in Asia." Irenaeus had personal contact with Polycarp, who knew John personally.
Others have suggested that the Gospel was written in Alexandria or somewhere in Egypt because an early manuscript has been found in Egypt. And others suggest a general region of Antioch.
The Gospel According to John, Leon Morris p. 54
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