Bir Abu Hanzalah
Bir Abu Hanzalah is a spring in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt. Bir Abu Hanzalah is situated nearby to the town Sheikh Zuweid, as well as near the village Abu Toweela.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheikh Zuweid and Yamit.
Sheikh Zuweid
Town
Sheikh Zuweid is a Bedouin town in the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt near the border with the Gaza Strip. It is situated between the cities of Arish and Rafah and is 334 kilometers northeast of Cairo. It had a population of around 60,000 as of 2015. Sheikh Zuweid is situated 3½ km south of Bir Abu Hanzalah.
Yamit
Locality
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Yamit was an Israeli settlement in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula with a population of about 2,500 people. Yamit was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in April 1982, as part of the terms of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty. Yamit is situated 7 km northeast of Bir Abu Hanzalah.
Bir Abu Hanzalah
- Type: Spring
- Also known as: “Bi’r Abu Hanzalah”, “Bi’r Abū Ḩanz̧alah”, “Bi’r Abū Ḩanz̧alah, Bir Abu Hanzalah, Bir Abu Handala”, “Bir Abu Hamthala”, “Bîr Abu Hanḍala”, and “Bîr Abu Ḥanzala”
- Category: body of water
- Location: North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.24389° or 31° 14′ 38″ northLongitude
34.09806° or 34° 5′ 53″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8G3P63VX+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 768795785OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springGeoNames ID
362600
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Bir Abu Hanzalah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بئر أبو حنظلة”
- French: “Bir Abu Hanzalah”
- German: “Bir Abu Hanzalah”
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