Ain Al Hayat

Ain Al Hayat is a park in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Ain Al Hayat is situated nearby to Fustat Lake, as well as near the food court Chill Plaza.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Fustat.

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

Museum

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The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is a large museum located in Old Cairo, a district of Cairo, Egypt. Partially opened in 2017, the museum was officially inaugurated on 3 April 2021, with the moving of 22 mummies, including 18 kings and four queens, from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo, in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade. National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is situated 780 metres northwest of Ain Al Hayat.

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 2 km northwest of Ain Al Hayat.

Darb 1718

Arts center

Darb 1718 is an Egyptian contemporary art and culture center located in the Fustat area of Old Cairo. As a registered non-profit, charity organization Darb 1718 seeks to encourage experimentation by supporting new works by emerging artists with particular attention to artistic merit, diversity of media and aesthetic traditions, along with originality of cultural influences. Darb 1718 is situated 2 km west of Ain Al Hayat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.

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.

Sayyidah Zainab District

Suburb

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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Sayyidah Zainab District is situated 3 km north of Ain Al Hayat.

Ma’adi

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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.

Ain Al Hayat

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

30.00118° or 30° 0′ 4″ north

Longitude

31.25221° or 31° 15′ 8″ east

Open location code

8G2H2722+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 989399682

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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In Other Languages

“Ain Al Hayat” goes by many names.

Arabic: “عين الحياة”

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