Sinan Pasha Mosque

The Sinan Pasha Mosque is a in the district of , . It was established by the governor of Cairo Koca Sinan Pasha in c. 1571 CE.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Bulaq, Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Mosque of Sinan Pasha” and “Sinan Paşa Camii”
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gezira and Egyptian Museum.

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is a district of modern that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, means "island" in Arabic.

Museum
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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the and also called the Cairo Museum or the in Cairo, is a national history museum in , Egypt. is situated 1½ km south of Sinan Pasha Mosque.

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The is a free-standing concrete in , . It was completed in 1961. At 187 m, it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing. is situated 2 km south of Sinan Pasha Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boulaq and Cairo.

Suburb
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, is a district of , in . It neighbours , Azbakeya, and the River Nile.

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is the capital of and, with a total population of Greater metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both and the .

Suburb
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is a qism within the West District in the Western Area of , . It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, with the bahr al-a'ma cut during the second half of the 19th Century to separate it from the west bank proper.

Sinan Pasha Mosque

Latitude
30.06213° or 30° 3′ 44″ north
Longitude
31.22946° or 31° 13′ 46″ east
Open location code
8G2H366H+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1008641879
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q12204334
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Sinan Pasha Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع سنان باشا”
  • Arabic: “مسجد سنان باشا (بولاق)”
  • Arabic: “‎مسجد سنان باشا”
  • Arabic: “مسجد سنان باشا”
  • Bengali: “সিনান পাশা মসজিদ (কায়রো)”
  • Bengali: “সিনান পাশা মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع سنان باشا”
  • German: “Sinan-Pascha-Moschee”
  • Turkish: “Sinan Paşa Camii”
  • Urdu: “مسجد سنان پاشا (قاہرہ)”
  • Urdu: “مسجد سنان پاشا”
  • Uzbek: “Sinan posho masjidi (Qohira)”
  • Uzbek: “Sinan posho masjidi”

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