Al Herafieen Housing

Al Herafieen Housing is a neighborhood in , . Al Herafieen Housing is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saladin Citadel of Cairo and Al-Azhar Mosque.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in , Egypt. Its construction was begun by Salah ad-Din in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers. is situated 3 km west of Al Herafieen Housing.

Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a in the of the city of , 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". is situated 3 km west of Al Herafieen Housing.

Stadium
Photo: Crosskimo, Public domain.
The Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, also known as the or Al-Mokawloon al-Arab Stadium, is a multi-use stadium used mostly for football matches in , Cairo, Egypt, which has a seating capacity of 35,000.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.

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, which is situated 4 km west of Al Herafieen Housing.

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 . is situated 4½ km northwest of Al Herafieen Housing.

Al Herafieen Housing

Latitude
30.03775° or 30° 2′ 16″ north
Longitude
31.29081° or 31° 17′ 27″ east
Open location code
8G2H27QR+48
Open­Street­Map ID
way 715682240
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Al Herafieen Housing” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مساكن الحرفيين”

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