Khan el-Khalili

Khan el-Khalili is a famous bazaar in the of , . Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.
Wikipedia
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  • Market
  • …lies at an elevation of 32 metres (105 feet)
  • Description: major souk in Cairo

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hussein Mosque and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a and mausoleum… is situated 110 metres east of Khan el-Khalili.
Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar… is situated 210 metres south of Khan el-Khalili.
Casual Builder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in . is situated 240 metres southwest of Khan el-Khalili.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the name commonly given to the core…
ThutmoseIII, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.
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is a district in the Western Area of , .

Khan el-Khalili

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Latitude
30.04754° or 30° 2′ 51″ north
Longitude
31.26217° or 31° 15′ 44″ east
Open location code
8G2H27X6+2V
Geo­Names ID
6955474
Wiki­data ID
Q1061621

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Khan el-Khalili” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خان الخليلى”
  • Arabic: “خان الخليلي”
  • Arabic: “سوق خان الخليلى”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xan əl-Xəlili”
  • Basque: “Khan el-Khalili”
  • Catalan: “Jan El Jalili”
  • Catalan: “Khan al-Khalili”
  • Chinese: “哈努赫利利”
  • Czech: “Bazar Chán al-Chalílí”
  • Dutch: “Khan El-Khalili”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خان إلخليلى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خان الخليلى”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥan el-Ĥalili”
  • Finnish: “Khan el-Khalili”
  • French: “Khan al-Khalili”
  • French: “Khân al-khalili”
  • French: “Khân al-Khalili”
  • French: “Khân Al-Khalili”
  • French: “Khan el Khalili”
  • French: “Khan el-Khalili”
  • German: “Chan el-Chalili”
  • German: “Chān el-Chalīlī”
  • German: “Khan el Khalili”
  • Hebrew: “ח’אן אל-ח’לילי”
  • Hebrew: “חאן אל-חלילי”
  • Indonesian: “Khan el-Khalili”
  • Irish: “Khan el-Khalili”
  • Italian: “Khan el-Khalili”
  • Japanese: “ハーネルハリーリー”
  • Japanese: “ハン・ハリーリ市場”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khan El-Khalili”
  • Norwegian: “Khan El-Khalili”
  • Polish: “Chan al-Chalili”
  • Portuguese: “Khan el khalili”
  • Portuguese: “Khan el Khalili”
  • Portuguese: “Khan El-Khalili”
  • Russian: “Хан эль-Халили”
  • Russian: “Хан-аль-Халили”
  • Slovenian: “Khan el-Khalili”
  • Spanish: “Jan el Jalili”
  • Spanish: “Jan El Jalili”
  • Spanish: “Jan el-Jalili”
  • Spanish: “Khan El Khalili”
  • Swedish: “Khan el Khalili”
  • Swedish: “Khan el-Khalili”
  • Tamil: “கான் எல்-காலில்லி”
  • Turkish: “Han el-halili”
  • Turkish: “Han el-Halili”
  • Ukrainian: “Хан аль-Халілі”
  • Urdu: “خان الخلیلی”
  • Uzbek: “Xon al-Xaliliy”

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