Abdin

Abdin is a suburb in , and has about 43,600 residents. Abdin is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
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  • Type: Suburb with 43,600 residents
  • Description: City in Egypt
  • Also known as: “`Abdin”, “`Ābdīn”, and “El-Senbellawein”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abdin Palace and Museum of Islamic Art.

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Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, a 19th-century palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the 1952 Egyptian revolution.

Museum
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The is a museum in , . The museum has a collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all periods, from all over the Islamic world.

Square
Photo: Waelmansoory, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in , . The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab al-Louq and Downtown Cairo.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in downtown . The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.

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is the commercial heart of the modern city of . In addition to hosting the Egyptian Museum, Downtown is the convenient location of many smaller hotels, retail outlets, travel agencies and restaurants.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Abdin

Latitude
30.04499° or 30° 2′ 42″ north
Longitude
31.24886° or 31° 14′ 56″ east
Population
43,600
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
8G2H26VX+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 315755236
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
429015
Wiki­data ID
Q6021507
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Abdin” goes by many names.

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Abdin Police Station and Abdeen Palace Museum.

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