Al Qaşr wa aş Şayyād
Al Qaşr wa aş Şayyād is a locality in Qena Governorate, Egypt. Al Qaşr wa aş Şayyād is situated nearby to the locality Ad Dābbah, as well as near Ar Raḩmānīyah Qiblī.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad) and Nag Hammâdi.
Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad)
Locality
al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad is a village in Nag Hammadi district of Qena Governorate, Egypt. 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.
Nag Hammâdi
Town
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Nag Hammadi is a city and markaz in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor. The city had a population of close to 61,737 as of 2023. Nag Hammâdi is situated 7 km west of Al Qaşr wa aş Şayyād.
Al Qaşr wa aş Şayyād
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Qasr wa as Sayyad” and “Al-Qaṣr and aṣ-Ṣayyād”
- Location: Qena Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
26.05692° or 26° 3′ 25″ northLongitude
32.30611° or 32° 18′ 22″ eastElevation
77 metres (253 feet)Open location code
7GRJ3844+QCGeoNames ID
434563
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In Other Languages
“Al Qaşr wa aş Şayyād” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القصر والصياد”
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