El Banhawy
El Banhawy is a neighborhood in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. El Banhawy is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bab Al Shairia, as well as near El Sawaby.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bab Al-Nasr and Wikala Qaitbey.
Bab Al-Nasr
City gate
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier.
Wikala Qaitbey
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 Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Al Daher.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. 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 Sakakini and Abbassia.
El Banhawy
- Type: Neighborhood
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.05661° or 30° 3′ 24″ northLongitude
31.26172° or 31° 15′ 42″ eastOpen location code
8G2H3746+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 708322001OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“El Banhawy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البنهاوى”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bab Al-Mazhareya and Bab Al-Fotuh.
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