Al Qammānah

Al Qammānah is a locality in , . Al Qammānah is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nag Hammâdi and Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad).

Town
Photo: Mohamedelbadawy88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nag Hammadi is a city and markaz in . It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the , about 80 kilometres north-west of . is situated 3½ km north of Al Qammānah.

Locality
al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad is a village in district of , . 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. is situated 8 km northeast of Al Qammānah.

Town
is a city in the , . Its population was estimated at 70,000 people in 2020. The Markaz of has 177,836 people. is situated 9 km northwest of Al Qammānah.

Al Qammānah

Latitude
26.01582° or 26° 0′ 57″ north
Longitude
32.23994° or 32° 14′ 24″ east
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
7GRJ268Q+8X
Geo­Names ID
360617
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In Other Languages

“Al Qammānah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القمانة”

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