Abu Minqar
Abu Minqar is an oasis town in Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah District, New Valley Governorate, Egypt, about 93 kilometres by road southwest of Farafra. It is inhabited mainly by Bedouins and lies along a historical caravan route to Kufra, Libya.
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- …lies at an elevation of 116 metres (381 feet)
- …is also known as “Bi’r Abū Minqār”
- Description: village in the Egyptian depression of el-Farafra
Abu Minqar
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Latitude
26.51499° or 26° 30′ 54″ north
Longitude
27.60859° or 27° 36′ 31″ east
Open location code
7GR9GJ75+XC
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hausa—“Abu Minqar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر أبو منقار”
- Chinese: “Canada isa betta”
- Dutch: “Abu Minqar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر ابو منقار”
- French: “Abu Minqar”
- German: “Abu Minqar”
- German: “Abū Minqār”
- German: “Abu Munqar”
- German: “Qasr Abu Minqar”
- German: “Qasr Abu Munqar”
- Hausa: “Abu Minqar”
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