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Discover Al 'Awanah in Egypt

Al 'Awanah in the region of Asyūţ is a town located in Egypt - some 206 mi or ( 331 km ) South of Cairo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Al 'Awanah is now 07:49 AM (Sunday) . 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: Suhaj, Sidfa, Shutb, Rifah, and Qina. When in this area, you might want to check out Suhaj . 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 Al 'Awanah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Visiting Sphinx

0:23 min by czarnykotdiabel
Views: 1617 Rating: 2.25

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

4:22 min by 3ma3rco3
Views: 58 Rating: 0.00

Serata con uno spettacolo veramente bellissimo direttamente da Marsa Alam... ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

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Located at 27.04 31.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Populated places in Minya Governorate

Musha, Egypt

This article is about the city in Egypt. For other uses, see Musha. 50x40pxThis article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

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Located at 27.12 31.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Populated places in Asyut Governorate

Badari culture

The Badarian culture provides the earliest direct evidence of agriculture in Upper Egypt during the Predynastic Era. It flourished between 4400 and 4000 BCE, and might have already existed as far back as 5000 BCE. It was first identified in El-Badari, Asyut. About forty settlements and six hundred graves have been located. Social stratification has been inferred from the burying of more prosperous members of the community in a different part of the cemetery.

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Located at 27.00 31.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Archaeological cultures of Africa, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Cities in Ancient Egypt, History of Nubia, Indigenous peoples of East Africa, Predynastic Egypt, Stone Age

Durunka

Durunka or Deir Durunka is an Upper Egyptian village, located on the west bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate.

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Located at 27.15 31.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Populated places in Asyut Governorate

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.

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Located at 27.20 31.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Barrages, Dams completed in 1903, Dams in Egypt, Nile