Al Waqf
El Waqf is a town and markaz in the Qena Governorate, Egypt. The former name of the city is al-Sanabisa.- Type: Locality with 34,700 residents
- Description: City in Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Waqf wa al Qilamīnah”, “El Waqf and El Qilamîna”, “El Waqf, Egypt”, and “El-Waqf”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fau Qibli and Dishna.
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 3½ km northwest of Al Waqf.
Dishna
Town
Dishna is a settlement west of Qena situated on the north bank of the river Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt. Dishna is situated 5 km northeast of Al Waqf.
Al Waqf
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Qena Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Al Waqf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الوقف”
- Dutch: “Al Waqf”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الوقف”
- German: “al-Waqf”
- Persian: “وقف”
- Polish: “Al-Wakf”
- Russian: “Эль-Вакф”
- South Azerbaijani: “وقف (قنا)”
- South Azerbaijani: “وقف”
- Zulu: “El Waqf, Gibhithe”
- Zulu: “El Waqf”
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