Officers Housing

Officers Housing is a neighborhood in , . Officers Housing is situated near the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fustat and Coptic Museum.

Protected area
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Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of . It was built adjacent to what is now known as by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first built in Egypt. is situated 4 km northeast of Officers Housing.

Museum
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The is a in , 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. is situated 3½ km northeast of Officers Housing.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the , is one of the oldest churches in which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. is situated 3½ km northeast of Officers Housing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giza and Old Cairo.

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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is , the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.

Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
is the extensive district of southern from the southern boundary of down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.

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Ma'adi is a leafy and formerly suburban district of , 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.

Officers Housing

Latitude
29.99105° or 29° 59′ 28″ north
Longitude
31.19983° or 31° 11′ 59″ east
Open location code
7GXHX5RX+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 776469096
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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In Other Languages

“Officers Housing” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مساكن الضباط”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Western Al Omraneya and Eastern Al Omraneya.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: موقف التعمير باعمرانيه الغربيه and كنيسة القديسان العظيمان الانبا شنودة والانبا كاراس بالعمرانية.

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