Bāb Zuwaylah

Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 27 metres (89 feet)
  • Description: gate in the Old City of Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Bab al-Zuwayla”
    “Bāb Mitwallī”
    “Bāb Zuwayla”
    “Bab Zuwayla Gate”
    “Bab Zuweila”
    “Bawabbat al-Mitwali”
  • Historically known as
    “Bab al-Mitwalli”
    “Mitwallī”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh and Zawiya-Sabil Faraj Ibn Barquq.
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The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, is a …
Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
is a mosque.
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The Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque, also known as the Jamal… is situated 130 metres south of Bāb Zuwaylah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
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is the name commonly given to the core…
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is a suburb.
is a neighborhood in downtown .

Bāb Zuwaylah

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Latitude
30.04279° or 30° 2′ 34″ north
Longitude
31.25778° or 31° 15′ 28″ east
Open location code
8G2H27V5+44
Open­Street­Map ID
way 775853319
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7921951
Wiki­data ID
Q2041270

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Bāb Zuwaylah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب زويلة”
  • Arabic: “باب زويله”
  • Catalan: “muralles del Caire”
  • Catalan: “Muralles del Caire”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب المؤيد”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب المتولى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب زويلة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب زويله”
  • Finnish: “Bab Zuwaila”
  • French: “Bāb Zuwaylaẗ”
  • French: “Bab Zuweila”
  • French: “Bâb el-Metoualli” (historical)
  • French: “Bâb el-Zoueyleh” (historical)
  • French: “Bab Zouaila” (historical)
  • French: “Bâb Zoueila” (historical)
  • French: “porte de Zaouîla” (historical)
  • German: “Bab Zuwaila”
  • German: “Bab Zuwayla”
  • German: “Bab Zuweila”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Bab Zuweila”
  • Hausa: “Bab Zuweila”
  • Indonesian: “Bab Zuwayla”
  • Italian: “Bab Zuwayla”
  • Japanese: “ズウェーラ門”
  • Japanese: “ズウェイラ門”
  • Japanese: “ズワイラ門”
  • Persian: “دروازه زویله”
  • Russian: “Баб Зувейла”
  • Russian: “Баб-Зувейла”
  • Spanish: “Bab Zuwayla”
  • Spanish: “Bab Zuweila”
  • Spanish: “Puerta Bab Zuwayla”
  • Turkish: “Bab Züveyla”
  • Ukrainian: “Баб ель-Зувейла”
  • Ukrainian: “Баб Зувейла”
  • Urdu: “باب زویلہ”
  • Uzbek: “Bab Zuvayla”

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