Badrashin

Badrashin is a city, and capital of the eponymous markaz, in , . Badrashin County is the site of Ancient Egypt's royal capital, .
  • Type: Village with 90,800 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Badrashayn”, “Badraixayn”, “Badraixín”, “Badraschain”, “Badrashên”, “Badraxayn”, “Badraxin”, “El Badrashein”, “el-Badraschein”, “El-Badrshein”, and “بدرشين”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Memphis and Statue of Rameses II.

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Work of art
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Al-Hawamidyah.

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Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. is situated 4½ km north of Badrashin.

Village
is a village.

Badrashin

Latitude
29.8513° or 29° 51′ 5″ north
Longitude
31.2744° or 31° 16′ 28″ east
Population
90,800
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
7GXHV72F+GQ
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Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Badrashin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البدرشين”
  • Catalan: “Badrashin”
  • Dutch: “Badrshein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مركز البدرشين”
  • French: “Badrashin”
  • French: “El Badrashein”
  • German: “al-Badraschain”
  • German: “Al-Badraschain”
  • Hausa: “Badrashin”
  • Irish: “Badrashin”
  • Persian: “بدرشین”
  • Polish: “Al-Badraszajn”
  • Russian: “Эль-Бадрашейн”
  • Russian: “Эль-Бадрашин”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بدرشین”
  • Swedish: “Al-Badrashayn”
  • Urdu: “البدرشین”
  • Zulu: “El Badrashein”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Al Badrashin City and West Market Housing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Al-Badrasheen and إدارة البدرشين التعليمية.

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