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Discover As Safasif in Egypt

As Safasif in the region of Al Buḩayrah is a place located in Egypt - some 83 mi or ( 134 km ) North-West of Cairo , the country's capital .

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Local time in As Safasif is now 07:30 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Lemesos, Zawiyat Ghazal, Zarqun al Qibliyah, Zarqun, and Tilbanah. When in this area, you might want to check out Lemesos . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in As Safasif ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium

Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Damanhour, Egypt. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level by Ala'ab Damanhour. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. It also hosted some matches during the 1974 African Cup of Nations.

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Located at 31.04 30.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Football venues in Egypt

Damanhour Stadium

Damanhour Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Damanhour, Egypt, which is currently under construction. Once completed, it will be used mostly for football matches. The main tenant of the stadium will be Alaab Damanhur. The stadium will have a capacity of 60,000 people, all-seated. After the Egyptian failure to host the world cup 2010, the construction and building of this stadium was completely halted.

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Located at 31.04 30.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
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Damanhour University

Damanhour University is located in Damanhour Egypt. It was established in 2010.

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Located at 31.04 30.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 2010 establishments in Egypt, Educational institutions established in 2010, Universities in Egypt

Damanhur

Damanhur is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located 160 km northwest of Cairo, and 70 km E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta. In Ancient Egypt, the city was the capital of Lower Egypt's 7th Nome of A-ment. It stood on the banks of a canal which connected the lake Mareotis with the Canopic or most westerly arm of the Nile. (Champollion, L'Egypte, vol. ii. p.  249). The city was dedicated to the Ancient Egyptian god Horus.

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Located at 31.05 30.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Governorate capitals in Egypt, Jewish pilgrimage sites, Nile River Delta, Populated places in Beheira Governorate, Roman sites in Egypt, Titular sees in Africa

Nitria (monastic site)

Nitria is one of the earliest Christian monastic sites in Egypt. It was the earliest of the three major centers of Christian monastic activity in the Nitrian Desert, the other two were Kellia and Scetis. Nitria was founded in AD 330 by Ammon and quickly attracted thousands of monks through the remainder of the 4th century. By 390, it evolved from a loose collection of solitary monks to an organized community with bankers, merchants and church services.

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Located at 30.93 30.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Egypt, Coptic settlements, Former populated places in Egypt