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Qaryat al Harajah Destination Guide

Explore Qaryat al Harajah in Egypt

Qaryat al Harajah in the region of Al Fayyūm is a town in Egypt - some 61 mi or ( 98 km ) South of Cairo , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Qaryat al Harajah is now 02:11 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beersheba, and Wana al Qiss. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Gaza . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Qaryat al Harajah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

El-Lahun

Located in the Faiyum, Egypt, el-Lahun or Kahun is the workers' village associated with the pyramid of Senusret II (also spelled Sesostris II). It is located near the modern village of el-Lahun, and is often known by that name. Also nearby is the pyramid itself, known as the Pyramid of Lahun.

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Located at 29.23 30.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt

Bahr Yussef

The Bahr Yussef, which roughly translates from Arabic as "the waterway of Joseph" (but literally "sea", not "river", which would be "Nahr"), is a canal which connects the Nile River with Fayyum in Egypt. This was originally in prehistoric times a natural offshoot of the Nile which created a lake to the west during high floods. Beginning with the 12th dynasty, the waterway was enlarged and the Fayyum was developed to enlarge Lake Moeris.

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Located at 29.24 30.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Canals in Egypt, Faiyum, Faiyum Governorate, Geography of Egypt

Hawara

Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis (Arsinoe) at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. The first excavations at the site were made by Karl Lepsius, in 1843.

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Located at 29.27 30.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Ancient Egyptian pyramids, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt

Herakleopolis Magna

Heracleopolis or Herakleopolis Magna is the Greek name of the capital of the Twentieth nome (administrative division) of ancient Egypt, and located approximately 15 km west of the modern city of Beni Suef. It was called Henen-nesut, Nen-nesu, or Hwt-nen-nesu in ancient Egyptian, meaning 'house of the royal child. ' During the period of Roman occupation, it was known as Ehnasya, the etymology of which can be seen in the later names of Hnas (Ϩⲛⲏⲥ) in Coptic, and Ahnas in medieval Arabic writings.

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Located at 29.09 30.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt

Beni-Suef University

Beni-Suef University is an institution of higher education located in Beni-Suef city, Egypt.

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Located at 29.08 31.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: 2005 establishments in Egypt, Beni Suef, Educational institutions established in 2005, Universities in Egypt