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Al Ghurayyib in the region of Al Baḩr al Aḩmar is a town in Egypt - some 202 mi or ( 326 km ) South of Cairo , the country's capital city .
Current time in Al Ghurayyib is now 01:37 AM (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: Suhaj, Shutb, Rifah, Qina, and Baqur. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Suhaj . 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 Al Ghurayyib ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Visiting Sphinx
A short movie about visiting Sphinx. This ancient sculpture is open till 4 pm and the crowd is abnormal, Everybody tries to take a picture with Sphinx' face. It pissed me off so much. If you think tha ..
Spettacolo egiziano 1/2
Serata con uno spettacolo veramente bellissimo direttamente da Marsa Alam... ..
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Musha, Egypt
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Located at 27.12 31.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Abutig
Abutig (أبو تيج) is a city in the Asyut Governorate of Egypt. Located on the west bank of the Nile, it has a population of around 440,000 inhabitants. Aboutig is the third largest city in Asyut Governorate in Egypt after Asyut itself and Dayrout. It is not only a commercial city but is famous for Al-Farghal Mosque as well. Al-Farghal Mosque is the largest mosque in Upper Egypt. Many people come to Aboutig every year in July to visit Al-Farghal Mosque and celebrate Al-Farghal fair.
Located at 27.04 31.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Durunka
Durunka or Deir Durunka is an Upper Egyptian village, located on the west bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate.
Located at 27.15 31.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Assiut Barrage
The Assiut Barrage is a dam on the Nile in the city of Assiut in Upper Egypt (250 miles to the south of Cairo). It was designed by the famous British engineer Sir William Willcocks who also designed and built the Aswan Dam. The Assiut dam was constructed between 1898 and 1903 across the Nile, about 350 miles down-stream from the Aswan Dam in order to divert the water of the river at low water into Egypt's largest irrigation canal, the Ibrahimiya Canal.
Located at 27.20 31.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Hieracon
Hieracon or Hierakon or Theracon (Not. Imp. ) or Ancient Egyptian Pr-Nemty, was an ancient fortified city of Upper Egypt, situated on the right bank of the Nile, now the site of the modern-day village of al Atawla, Egypt. Here, in Roman times, was quartered the cohors prima of the Lusitanian auxiliaries. It stood nearly midway between the western extremity of Mons Alabastrites and the city of Lycopolis, latitude 27° 15′North. Hieracon (Ἱεράκων κώμη, Ptol. vi. 7.
Located at 27.23 31.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
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