El-Sahel of Cairo is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It used to form part of a larger district of Shubra that was established as a garden suburb of Cairo in the 19th century until it was subdivided in 1988 into the districts of al-Sahel, Rod El Farag, and Shubra. El Sahel is situated 4 km south of Tur‘at Abū an Najā.

Qalyub

Town

Qalyub is a city containing a rural markaz, and an urban one. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate of Egypt, in the northern part of the Cairo metropolitan area, at the start of the Nile Delta. Qalyub is situated 6 km north of Tur‘at Abū an Najā.

Tur‘at Abū an Najā

Type: Canal
Also known as: “Abū an Najā Canal”, “Tir‘at Abū an Najā”, and “Tur`at Abu an Naja”
Category: body of water
Location: Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

30.12837° or 30° 7′ 42″ north

Longitude

31.23059° or 31° 13′ 50″ east

Elevation

14 metres (46 feet)

Open location code

8G2H46HJ+86

GeoNames ID

7919190

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In Other Languages

“Tur‘at Abū an Najā” goes by many names.

Arabic: “ترعة أبو النجا”

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