El Sawaby

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bab Al-Nasr and Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque.

City gate
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, 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.

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.

Historic building
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay or Wakala of Sultan Qaytbay is an urban caravanserai and rab built by Sultan al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasr Qaitbay in 1481 CE in , the historic medieval district of , .

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 .

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

El Sawaby

Latitude
30.05826° or 30° 3′ 30″ north
Longitude
31.26314° or 31° 15′ 47″ east
Open location code
8G2H3757+87
Open­Street­Map ID
way 707061263
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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Satellite Map

Discover El Sawaby from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“El Sawaby” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الصوابى”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bab Al-Mazhareya and Bab Al-Fotuh.

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