North Africa
Egypt
Qena Governorate

Naj‘ Abū Ḩizām

Naj‘ Abū Ḩizām is a locality in , . Naj‘ Abū Ḩizām is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fau Qibli and Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad).

Village
Pbow was a cenobitic monastery established by St. Pachomius in 336-337 AD. Pbow is about 100 km north of in modern . It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries. is situated 6 km east of Naj‘ Abū Ḩizām.

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 south of Naj‘ Abū Ḩizām.

Naj‘ Abū Ḩizām

Latitude
26.1234° or 26° 7′ 24″ north
Longitude
32.34037° or 32° 20′ 25″ east
Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)
Open location code
7GRJ48FR+94
Geo­Names ID
362565
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In Other Languages

“Naj‘ Abū Ḩizām” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نجع أبو حزام”

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