Badrashin

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Memphis and Statue of Rameses II.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the English name for the present-day site of one of the great ancient capital cities of . Although very little remains to be seen on the surface, features a great sculpture museum, in the Mit Rahina village some 24 km south of the modern Egyptian capital of .

Work of art
is a work of art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Al-Hawamidyah.

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the capital of and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.

Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. 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
Open­Street­Map ID
node 322008436
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
361473
Wiki­data ID
Q4165238
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In Other Languages

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

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Al Badrashin City and West Market Housing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Al-Badrasheen and إدارة البدرشين التعليمية.

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