Montaza
Montaza is the name of both a district and a park in Alexandria, Egypt. The district includes the park, but the two are legally distinct.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: district and a park in Alexandria, Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Muntazah”, “Al-Montaza, Alexandria, Egypt”, “El-Muntazah, Al Muntazah”, and “Montaza, Alexandria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kouta Park and sidi bishr mosque.
sidi bishr mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sidi Bishr Mosque is a mosque located in the Sidi Bishr neighborhood of Alexandria, on the north coast of Egypt. The mosque is named in honour of Sheikh Bishr Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ubayd Allah Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Bishr Al-Jawhari, a sheikh from the late 5th-century to early 6th-century AH who lived in Alexandria after coming from the Maghreb. sidi bishr mosque is situated 4 km southwest of Montaza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Mandara and El Maamora.
El Mandara
Village
Photo: Mohamed nour, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Mandara or Al Mandarah is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.
Abu Qir
Town
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abu Qir, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient Canopus and 23 kilometers northeast of Alexandria by rail. It is located on Abu Qir Peninsula, with Abu Qir Bay to the east. Abu Qir is situated 6 km northeast of Montaza.
Montaza
- Categories: human settlement, kism, building, and public building
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.28492° or 31° 17′ 6″ northLongitude
30.01544° or 30° 0′ 56″ eastElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
8G3G72M8+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 768578333OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
11054352Wikidata ID
Q12209472
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Montaza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المنتزة”
- Arabic: “المنتزه”
- Chinese: “亞歷山大蒙塔扎”
- Chinese: “蒙塔扎”
- French: “Al Muntazah”
- German: “Al Muntazah”
- German: “al-Muntazah”
- German: “Muntazah”
- Spanish: “Al-Muntazah”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Elre’asaa mosque and Al-Montaza Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Montaza”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.