Al-Gezira Cemetery
Al-Gezira Cemetery is a cemetery in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Al-Gezira Cemetery is situated nearby to the movie theater Bowling and Cinema Center, as well as near the hill Qubbet el-Hawa.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elephantine and El Nabatat Island.
Elephantine
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae". Elephantine is situated 3 km southwest of Al-Gezira Cemetery.
El Nabatat Island
Islet
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It is less than a kilometer long and its width is less than ½ a kilometer. The Aswan Botanical Garden is located on the island. El Nabatat Island is situated 3 km southwest of Al-Gezira Cemetery.
Qubbet el-Hawa
Hill
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qubbet el-Hawa or "Dome of the Wind" is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, that serves as the resting place of ancient nobles and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 7 km south of Al-Gezira Cemetery.
Al-Gezira Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.11362° or 24° 6′ 49″ northLongitude
32.90559° or 32° 54′ 20″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ4W74+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 43157447OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
“Al-Gezira Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقابر الجزيرة”
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