El Sheikh Mubarak
El Sheikh Mubarak is a village in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. El Sheikh Mubarak is situated nearby to the neighborhood Al Khokha and Al Qanaya, as well as near Kom Ghorab.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fustat and Hanging Church.
Fustat
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first mosque built in Egypt.
Hanging Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
Coptic Museum
Museum
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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cairo and Giza.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Photo: Motazhesham2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Sayyidah Zainab District is situated 3 km north of El Sheikh Mubarak.
El Sheikh Mubarak
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Atah el Nebi”, “Aṭar el Nabi”, “Atar en Nabi”, “Athar an Nabī”, “Athar an Nabī, Athar an Nabi”, “Athar en Nabi”, and “خرطة الشيخ مبارك”
- Category: locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.00008° or 30° 0′ 0″ northLongitude
31.23346° or 31° 14′ 1″ eastElevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
8G2H262M+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 768552659OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
359745
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“El Sheikh Mubarak” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أثر النبي”
- Arabic: “اطهر شركة نابي”
- French: “Athar an Nabi”
- German: “Athar an Nabi”
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