North Africa
Egypt
North Sinai Governorate

An-Nekhel Fortress

The Fortress of an-Nekhel is a Ksar located in the Municipality of the in . It holds a strategic location at the exact center of the peninsula.
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An-Nekhel Fortress

Latitude
29.91192° or 29° 54′ 43″ north
Longitude
33.74604° or 33° 44′ 46″ east
Open location code
7GXMWP6W+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768030685
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q2975928
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“An-Nekhel Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة النخل”
  • Arabic: “قلعة نخل”
  • Catalan: “fortalesa d’An-Nekhel”
  • Chinese: “尼赫堡壘”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة النخل”
  • French: “Forteresse d’an-Nekhl”
  • German: “Festung an-Nachl”
  • Greek: “Φρούριο Αν Νέκχελ”
  • Hausa: “Ginin An-Nekhel”
  • Hebrew: “א-נח’ל”
  • Malayalam: “ആൻ നെഖേൽ കോട്ട”
  • Persian: “قلعه النخل”
  • Polish: “An-Nachl”
  • Polish: “Nachl”
  • Spanish: “fortaleza de An-Nekhel”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de An-Nekhel”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ نخل”

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