El Sakakini

El Sakakini is a hamlet in , . El Sakakini is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sakakini Palace and Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque.

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Habib Pasha El is a palace in the al-Zahir district of , Egypt. Built for the contractor Gabriel Habib Sakakini and completed in 1897, it stands on the site of a former lake at the meeting point of eight roads.

Mosque
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The Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars is a located in , . Completed in 1268 CE, during by the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunduqdari through his vizier Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna and Sanjar al-Shuja‘i.

City gate
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, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of , the capital of . The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Daher and Islamic Cairo.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are and .

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is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Hamlet
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Hadaek al-Qubbah is a district in the Northern Area of , .

El Sakakini

Latitude
30.06729° or 30° 4′ 2″ north
Longitude
31.26657° or 31° 15′ 60″ east
Open location code
8G2H3788+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768590257
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“El Sakakini” goes by many names.

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Al Sakakeni Square and Ghamra Military Hospital.

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