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Sawalim Abnub in the region of Asyūţ is a town in Egypt - some 194 mi or ( 313 km ) South of Cairo , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Sawalim Abnub is now 05:54 AM (Saturday) . 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: Sukkarah, Suhaj, Shutb, Shaqalqil, and Sallam. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Sukkarah . We encountered 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 Sawalim Abnub ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Stolen Treasures || Trailer

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Dendera another small cruise Jimandtarja's photos around Dendera, Egypt (lotus louxor denderah)

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FROM ATHENS TO EGYPT Greekcypriot's photos around CAIRO - EGYPT, Egypt (from athens to egypt)

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St Katherine's Alanna.holloway's photos around St, Katherines's, Egypt (cold in egypt)

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Interesting facts about this location

Abnub

Abnub is a city in Egypt. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate, several kilometres northwest of Asyut.

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Located at 27.27 31.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Populated places in Asyut Governorate

Manqabad

Manqabad also spelled Mankabad is a town in Upper Egypt, near the city of Asyut. A military station was located in the town which was referred to as "beyond civilization", being the last vestige of the Nile River Valley before the southern desert. In the 1940s, the station had 3000 officers and soldiers, including a number of whom like Gamal Abdel Nasser, Khaled Mohieddin and Anwar Sadat who would become members of the Free Officers Movement.

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Located at 27.20 31.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Coptic history, Populated places in Egypt

Beni Mur

Beni Mur is an Egyptian town in Upper Egypt located 8 kilometers north of the city of Asyut. A prominent figure from Beni Mur is the former President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser. According to Robert Stephens, the town as named after the tribe of "Beni Mur" who hailed from the Hejaz in the western Arabian Peninsula. Beni Mur is also the site of the Church of Saint George which is visited annually on 1 May by local Coptic pilgrims.

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Located at 27.23 31.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Populated places in Asyut Governorate

Asyut

Lycopolis and Lykopolis redirect here; for the ancient city bearing those names located in the delta of the Nile, see Lycopolis (Delta). Asyutأسيوط (Arabic) File:Assyout city Egypt .

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Located at 27.18 31.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Ancient cities, Former populated places in Egypt, Governorate capitals in Egypt, Marian apparitions, Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC, Populated places in Asyut Governorate, Roman sites in Egypt, Titular Sees of the Coptic Orthodox Church

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 9 km away
Tags: Barrages, Dams completed in 1903, Dams in Egypt, Nile