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Bilbeis Destination Guide

Discover Bilbeis in Egypt

Bilbeis in the region of Eastern Province with its 129,211 habitants is a town located in Egypt - some 31 mi or ( 50 km ) North-East of Cairo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Bilbeis

Local time in Bilbeis is now 04:33 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tyre, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Alim. When in this area, you might want to check out Tyre . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Bilbeis ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Abdel-Halim Mahmoud Mausoleum

1:21 min by Hussein Abdel-Halim
Views: 774 Rating: 5.00

Mausoleum of Sheikh Abdel-Halim Mahmoud, Al-Salam Village, Bilbeis, Sharqeya, Egypt. 8 December 2008. ..

Wadi Rum

1:23 min by RandallVictoria
Views: 17 Rating: 0.00

The desert landscape of Wadi Rum as seen from a Bedouin truck bed. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Bilbeis

Bilbeis is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile delta in Egypt. The city played a role in the machinations for control of the Fatimid vizierate: first in 1164, when Shirkuh was besieged in the city by the combined forces of Shiwar and Amalric I of Jerusalem for three months; then again in 1168 when the city was assaulted again by Amalric's army, who took the city after three days on November 4 and indiscriminately killed the inhabitants.

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Located at 30.42 31.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Nile River Delta, Populated places in Sharqia Governorate

Anshas

Anshas is a city East of Cairo located in the Sharkiya Governorate in the Nile Delta of Egypt. It holds the first experimental nuclear reactor to be operated in Egypt, the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority Experimental Farm, unauthorized IAEA. The City also holds the First Arab League Summit in 1949, which declared the creation of the League.

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Located at 30.38 31.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Arab League, Populated places in Egypt

Amrit, Egypt

Amrit is a village in Abou Hammaad, Sharqia Governorate in Egypt.

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Located at 30.51 31.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Populated places in Sharqia Governorate, Villages in Egypt

Zagazig

Zagazig is a town in Lower Egypt. Situated in the eastern part of the Nile delta, it is the capital of the governorate of Sharqia. As of 1999, its population was approximately 279,000. It is built on a branch of the Fresh Water or Ismaïlia Canal and on al-Muˤizz Canal (the ancient Tanaitic channel of the Nile), and is 47 miles by rail north-northeast of Cairo. Situated on the Nile Delta in the midst of a fertile district, Zagazig is a centre of the cotton and grain trade of Egypt.

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Located at 30.57 31.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Governorate capitals in Egypt, Nile River Delta, Populated places in Sharqia Governorate, Zagazig

Bubastis

Bubastis, also known as Tell Basta or Egyptian Per-Bast was an Ancient Egyptian city, the capital of its own nome, located along the River Nile in the Delta region of Lower Egypt. Bubastis is often identified with the biblical Phibeseth.

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Located at 30.57 31.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Ancient mints, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt, Hebrew Bible places, Nile River Delta, Roman sites in Egypt

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