Dahab Island
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.View from Dahab Island;The 4,200-metre-long Dahab Island is inhabited by roughly 11,000 fishermen and farmers.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Fustat
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fustat, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo.
Hanging Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century.
Coptic Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 pl.
The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world.
Localities in the Area
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.
Ma'adi
Ma'adi a suburban district of Cairo, to the south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile, consists of two distinct areas, Old Ma'adi and New Ma'adi.
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.
Dahab Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Egypt
- Categories: quarter, locality and landform
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.98408° or 29° 59' 3" northLongitude
31.227° or 31° 13' 37" eastPopulation
40,400Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open Location Code
7GXHX6MG+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 24685098OpenStreetMap Feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
355117Wikidata ID
Q12205404Dahab Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: جزيرة الدهب
- Arabic: جزيرة الذهب
- Cebuano: Jazīrat adh Dhahab
- Dutch: Geziret el-Dahab
- Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة الذهب
- English: Geziret el-Dahab
- English: Geziret el Dahab
- English: Jazīrat adh Dhahab
- French: Ile de Dahab
- German: Gazirat ad-Dahab
- German: Gazīrat edh-Dhahab
- German: Geziret el-Dahab
- German: Goldinsel
- Swedish: Jazīrat adh Dhahab
- Gezîret el-Dahab
- Gezîret eḏ-Ḏahab
- Jazirat adh Dhahab
Localities in the Area
- Gezirat Ben Al BahrenNeighbourhood
- Athr Al NabiNeighbourhood
- Gezirat DahabNeighbourhood
- El EisaweyaNeighbourhood
- Al KasabgyNeighbourhood
Landmarks in the Area
- Premier EgyptGovernment office
- As-Salam International HospitalHospital
- Salam HospitalHospital
- Nile Badrawi HospitalHospital
- رحلة السبتBus station
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Dahab Island. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.