Minţaqat al Bāţanīyah
Minţaqat al Bāţanīyah is a locality in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Minţaqat al Bāţanīyah is situated nearby to the locality Ad Darrāsah, as well as near Khān al Khalīlī.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Al-Azhar Park.
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 Park
Park
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Al-Azhar Park is a public park located in qism al-Darb al-Ahmar, in Historic Cairo, Egypt. Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces.
Bāb Zuwaylah
Photo: JMCC1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Bab al-Louq
Suburb
Bab al-Louq is a neighborhood in downtown Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. Bab al-Louq square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.
Minţaqat al Bāţanīyah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Mintaqat al Bataniyah”
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04243° or 30° 2′ 33″ northLongitude
31.26313° or 31° 15′ 47″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
8G2H27R7+X7GeoNames ID
7921967
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In Other Languages
“Minţaqat al Bāţanīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة الباطنية”
Localities in the Area
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