Ash Shawrīyah
Ash Shawrīyah is a locality in Qena Governorate, Egypt. Ash Shawrīyah is situated nearby to the locality Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad), as well as near Naj‘ Hawwārah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
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. The city had a population of close to 61,737 as of 2023. Nag Hammâdi is situated 9 km west of Ash Shawrīyah.
Fau Qibli
Village
Pbow was a cenobitic monastery established by St. Pachomius in 336-337 AD. Pbow is about 100 km north of Luxor in modern Upper Egypt. It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries. Fau Qibli is situated 9 km northeast of Ash Shawrīyah.
Ash Shawrīyah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ash Shāwirīyah”, “Ash Shawriyah”, “Ash-Shawriyyah”, “El Shâwrîya”, and “Esh Shāurīya”
- Location: Qena Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
26.06443° or 26° 3′ 52″ northLongitude
32.32636° or 32° 19′ 35″ eastElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
7GRJ387G+QGGeoNames ID
360006
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In Other Languages
“Ash Shawrīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشاوريه”
Localities in the Area
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