Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ

Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ is a locality in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ is situated nearby to the locality Masākin Aḩmad Rizq, as well as near Masākin Sa‘d al Mişrī.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arab Contractors Stadium and Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Arab Contractors Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Crosskimo, Public domain.

The Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, also known as the Arab Contractors Stadium or Al-Mokawloon al-Arab Stadium, is a multi-use stadium used mostly for football matches in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, which has a seating capacity of 35,000.

Saladin Citadel of Cairo

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt. Its construction was begun by Salah ad-Din in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers. Saladin Citadel of Cairo is situated 3 km southwest of Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ.

Al-Azhar Mosque

Mosque

Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 2½ km west of Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.

Islamic Cairo

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Abdin

Suburb

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Abdin is a suburb, which is situated 4 km west of Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ.

Al Daher

Neighborhood

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Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia. Al Daher is situated 4 km northwest of Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ.

Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Ash Sharq al Awsat Housing” and “Masakin ash Sharq al Awsat”
Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

30.04403° or 30° 2′ 39″ north

Longitude

31.2908° or 31° 17′ 27″ east

Elevation

89 metres (292 feet)

Open location code

8G2H27VR+J8

GeoNames ID

7911586

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In Other Languages

“Masākin ash Sharq al Awsaţ” goes by many names.

Arabic: “مساكن الشرق الأوسط”

Localities in the Area

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