Mustashfá al Muqaţţam

Mustashfá al Muqaţţam is a hospital in , . Mustashfá al Muqaţţam is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fustat and Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Protected area
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Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of . It was built adjacent to what is now known as by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first built in Egypt. is situated 1½ km southwest of Mustashfá al Muqaţţam.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in , Egypt. Its construction was begun by Salah ad-Din in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers. is situated 2 km northeast of Mustashfá al Muqaţţam.

Island
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Roda Island is an island neighbourhood on the Nile in central , alternatively known as Manial al-Roda, or , referring to the main village that existed on the island before it was urbanised, and is part of the district.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sayyidah Zainab District and Old Cairo.

Suburb
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
is the extensive district of southern from the southern boundary of down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.

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is a well-planned and leafy district of central , immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.

Mustashfá al Muqaţţam

Latitude
30.02104° or 30° 1′ 16″ north
Longitude
31.24383° or 31° 14′ 38″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8G2H26CV+CG
Geo­Names ID
7922798
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In Other Languages

“Mustashfá al Muqaţţam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مستشفى المقطم”

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