Jazīrat adh Dhahab

Dahab Island is a Nile island located in the metropolitan region of near the eastern Nile shore south of and near of Qorsaya Island. The island belongs to and has a strong agricultural character.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fustat and Coptic Museum.

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Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of . It was built adjacent to what is now known as by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first built in Egypt. is situated 3 km northeast of Jazīrat adh Dhahab.

Museum
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The is a in , Egypt, which contains the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. is situated 3 km northeast of Jazīrat adh Dhahab.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giza and Ma’adi.

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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is , the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.

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Ma'adi is a leafy and formerly suburban district of , south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile. Ma'adi was established in 1904, when a railway was built through the area to connect Cairo and Helwan to the south.

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is the extensive district of southern from the southern boundary of down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.

Jazīrat adh Dhahab

Latitude
29.98333° or 29° 59′ north
Longitude
31.21667° or 31° 13′ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
7GXHX6M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
358243
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