El Eisaweya
El Eisaweya is a neighborhood in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. El Eisaweya is situated nearby to the neighborhood Al Fostat Water Station Housing, as well as near Electricity Company Housing.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fustat and Dahab Island.
Fustat
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first mosque built in Egypt. Fustat is situated 3½ km north of El Eisaweya.
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.
Coptic Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 pl.
The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt, which contains 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 3 km north of El Eisaweya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ma’adi and Giza.
Ma’adi
Ma'adi is a leafy and formerly suburban district of Cairo, south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile. Ma'adi was established in 1904, when a railway was built through the area to connect Cairo and Helwan to the south.
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.
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.
El Eisaweya
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.97793° or 29° 58′ 41″ northLongitude
31.23716° or 31° 14′ 14″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX6HP+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 715344909OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“El Eisaweya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العيسويه”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al Fostat Water Station Housing and Electricity Company Housing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include الإدارة العامة لشرطة البيئة والمسطحات and Tiba Academy.
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