Sidi Uweis
Sidi Uweis is a cemetery in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Sidi Uweis is situated nearby to the railway station Al-Mahamid, as well as near Sacred Lake of El Kab (Nekheb).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elkab.
Elkab
Archaeological site
Photo: Bubuka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elkab, also spelled El-Kab or El Kab, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about 80 kilometres south of Luxor. Elkab is situated 2 km southeast of Sidi Uweis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nekhen.
Nekhen
Locality
Photo: Udimu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nekhen, also known as Hierakonpolis was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of prehistoric Egypt and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period. Nekhen is situated 9 km west of Sidi Uweis.
Sidi Uweis
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Sidi ‘Uweis, Sidi Uweis”
- Category: burial
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.13333° or 25° 8′ northLongitude
32.78333° or 32° 47′ eastOpen location code
7GQJ4QMM+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 768081460OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yard
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Sidi Uweis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيدي عويس”
- French: “Sidi Uweis”
- German: “Sidi Uweis”
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