Nag‘ el-Alfi

Nag‘ el-Alfi is a locality in , . Nag‘ el-Alfi is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fau Qibli and Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad).

Village
Pbow was a cenobitic monastery established by St. Pachomius in 336-337 AD. Pbow is about 100 km north of in modern . It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries. is situated 4½ km northeast of Nag‘ el-Alfi.

Locality
al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad is a village in district of , . An early center of Christianity in the Thebaid, Roman Egypt, a site frequented by Desert Fathers from the 3rd century and the site of a monastery from the 4th, it was earlier known as Chenoboskion, also called Chenoboscium, Chenoboskia and Sheneset. is situated 6 km southwest of Nag‘ el-Alfi.

Nag‘ el-Alfi

Latitude
26.08333° or 26° 5′ north
Longitude
32.36667° or 32° 22′ east
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
7GRJ39M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
351658
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