Aş Şayyād
Aş Şayyād is a locality in Qena Governorate, Egypt. Aş Şayyād is situated nearby to the locality Al Qaşr, as well as near Naj‘ al Qināwīyah.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad) and Nag Hammâdi.
Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad)
Locality
al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad is a village in Nag Hammadi district of Qena Governorate, Egypt. 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. Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad) is situated 3 km north of Aş Şayyād.
Nag Hammâdi
Town
Photo: Mohamedelbadawy88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nag Hammadi is a city and markaz in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor. Nag Hammâdi is situated 8 km west of Aş Şayyād.
Aş Şayyād
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “As Sayyad” and “El Saiyâd”
- Location: Qena Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
26.03333° or 26° 2′ northLongitude
32.31667° or 32° 19′ eastElevation
70 metres (230 feet)Open location code
7GRJ28M8+8MGeoNames ID
359827
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