Gezirat Dahab
Gezirat Dahab is a neighborhood in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Gezirat Dahab is situated nearby to the neighborhood Gezirat Ben Al Bahren, as well as near Al Kasabgy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fustat and Coptic Museum.
Fustat
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fustat, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt. Fustat is situated 3 km northeast of Gezirat Dahab.
Coptic Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 pl.
The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. Coptic Museum is situated 2½ km northeast of Gezirat Dahab.
Dahab Island
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dahab Island is a Nile island located in the metropolitan region of Cairo near the eastern Nile shore south of Roda Island and near of Qorsaya Island. The island belongs to Giza and has a strong agricultural character.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giza and Ma’adi.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Ma’adi
Ma'adi a suburban district of Cairo, to the south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile, consists of two distinct areas, Old Ma'adi and New Ma'adi.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Gezirat Dahab
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.98505° or 29° 59′ 6″ northLongitude
31.21527° or 31° 12′ 55″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX6P8+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 30714938OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Gezirat Dahab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيره الدهب”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gezirat Ben Al Bahren and Al Kasabgy.
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Highlights include موقف المنيب الصعيد and Al-Rahman Mosque.
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