El Sakkakini
El Sakkakini is a small district in Cairo, Egypt that neighbours the El Zaher and Abbaseya districts. El Sakkakini was originally part of El Zaher, but it was named after a huge building built by a prominent French architect, and was owned by the head of the Syrian Skakkini family, Count Gabriel Habib Sakkakini Pasha, consisting of a palace and a church in the same area in 1897.
- Type: Locality
- Description: district in Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as: “As Sakakini”, “As Sakākīnī”, “El Sakâkîni”, “El-Sakakini”, “Sakâkîni”, “Salakhanah”, and “حي السكاكيني”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bab Al-Nasr and Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque.
Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque
Mosque
The Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars is a mosque located in Islamic Cairo, Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Al Daher.
El Sakkakini
- Categories: quarter and shiyakha
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05897° or 30° 3′ 32″ north
Longitude
31.26647° or 31° 15′ 59″ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
8G2H3758+HH
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“El Sakkakini” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “El-Sakakini”
- Arabic: “السكاكيني”
- Aragonese: “El-Sakakini”
- Arpitan: “El-Sakakini”
- Asturian: “El-Sakakini”
- Basque: “El-Sakakini”
- Bavarian: “El-Sakakini”
- Breton: “El-Sakakini”
- Catalan: “El-Sakakini”
- Corsican: “El-Sakakini”
- Croatian: “El-Sakakini”
- Czech: “El-Sakakini”
- Danish: “El-Sakakini”
- Dutch: “El-Sakakini”
- Esperanto: “El-Sakakini”
- Estonian: “El-Sakakini”
- Finnish: “El-Sakakini”
- French: “El-Sakakini”
- Friulian: “El-Sakakini”
- Galician: “El-Sakakini”
- German: “as-Sakakini”
- German: “El-Sakakini”
- German: “Ẓāhir und Sakākīnī”
- Hungarian: “El-Sakakini”
- Icelandic: “El-Sakakini”
- Ido: “El-Sakakini”
- Indonesian: “El-Sakakini”
- Interlingua: “El-Sakakini”
- Interlingue: “El-Sakakini”
- Irish: “El-Sakakini”
- Italian: “El-Sakakini”
- Italian: “El-Sakkakini”
- Jèrriais: “El-Sakakini”
- Kongo: “El-Sakakini”
- Ligurian: “El-Sakakini”
- Limburgan: “El-Sakakini”
- Low German: “El-Sakakini”
- Luxembourgish: “El-Sakakini”
- Malagasy: “El-Sakakini”
- Malay: “El-Sakakini”
- Minangkabau: “El-Sakakini”
- Neapolitan: “El-Sakakini”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El-Sakakini”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “El-Sakakini”
- Occitan (post 1500): “El-Sakakini”
- Picard: “El-Sakakini”
- Piemontese: “El-Sakakini”
- Polish: “El-Sakakini”
- Portuguese: “El-Sakakini”
- Romanian: “El-Sakakini”
- Romansh: “El-Sakakini”
- Russian: “Эс-Сакакини”
- Sardinian: “El-Sakakini”
- Scots: “El-Sakakini”
- Scottish Gaelic: “El-Sakakini”
- Serbian: “El-Sakakini”
- Sicilian: “El-Sakakini”
- Slovak: “El-Sakakini”
- Slovenian: “El-Sakakini”
- Spanish: “El-Sakakini”
- Swahili: “El-Sakakini”
- Swedish: “El-Sakakini”
- Swiss German: “El-Sakakini”
- Turkish: “Habib Paşa El Sakakini Sarayı”
- Urdu: “السکاکینی”
- Uzbek: “Al-Sakkakiniy”
- Venetian: “El-Sakakini”
- Vietnamese: “El-Sakakini”
- Vlaams: “El-Sakakini”
- Volapük: “El-Sakakini”
- Walloon: “El-Sakakini”
- Welsh: “El-Sakakini”
- Wolof: “El-Sakakini”
- Zulu: “El-Sakakini”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Az̧ Z̧āhir and Ghamrah.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Maydān al Jaysh and Jabbānat Bāb an Naşr.
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