Dayr Sim‘ān
Dayr Sim‘ān is a monastery in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Dayr Sim‘ān is situated nearby to the islet El Nabatat Island, as well as near the island Elephantine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Simeon Monastery and Elephantine.
Elephantine
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
El Nabatat Island
Islet
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It is less than a kilometer long and its width is less than ½ a kilometer. The Aswan Botanical Garden is located on the island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 5 km south of Dayr Sim‘ān.
Wadi Kubbaniya
Locality
Wadi Kubbaniya is a Late Paleolithic site in Upper Egypt. Archaeologists initially believed that the site held evidence for some of the earliest examples of agriculture. Wadi Kubbaniya is situated 9 km west of Dayr Sim‘ān.
Dayr Sim‘ān
- Type: Monastery
- Also known as: “Dayr Sim`an”, “Saint Simeon”, “Samān Monastery”, “Sieoman Monastery”, and “Simeon Monastery”
- Category: religion
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.09522° or 24° 5′ 43″ northLongitude
32.87559° or 32° 52′ 32″ eastElevation
128 metres (420 feet)Open location code
7GPJ3VWG+36GeoNames ID
347936
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