Bab El Wazir and Al Gharib
Bab El Wazir and Al Gharib is a neighborhood in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Bab El Wazir and Al Gharib is situated nearby to the neighborhood Darb Shaghlan, as well as near the suburb El-Darb El-Ahmar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Azhar Park and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Al-Azhar Park
Park
Photo: Yasser Nazmi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Azhar Park is a public park located in qism al-Darb al-Ahmar, in Historic Cairo, Egypt. Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces.
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".
Saladin Citadel of Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt, built by Salah ad-Din and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
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.
Bab al-Louq
Suburb
Bab al-Louq is a neighborhood in downtown Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. Bab al-Louq square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era. Bab al-Louq is situated 2½ km west of Bab El Wazir and Al Gharib.
Bab El Wazir and Al Gharib
- Type: Neighborhood
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04031° or 30° 2′ 25″ northLongitude
31.26465° or 31° 15′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27R7+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 712001441OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Bab El Wazir and Al Gharib” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب الوزير والغريب”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Darb Shaghlan and El-Darb El-Ahmar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bab Al-Mahrouq and Aslam Al-Selehdar Mosque.
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