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Al A'ras in the region of Eastern Province is a town in Egypt - some 29 mi or ( 47 km ) North of Cairo , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Al A'ras is now 12:14 PM (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: Tyre, Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Haifa, and Shibin al Qanatir. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tyre . 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 Al A'ras ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Russian disco in egypt

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Our days in Zagazig Themegx's photos around Zagazig, Egypt (at koshary restaurant)

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Corniche d'Alexandrie

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Interesting facts about this location

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 12 km away
Tags: Arab League, Populated places 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 15 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 16 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

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 18 km away
Tags: Nile River Delta, Populated places in Sharqia Governorate

Shibin el-Qanater

Shibin el-Qanater is a region (markaz) in Egypt. It comprises 36 villages. Situated in the center of Qalyubia Governorate, its population was 423,783 at the 2006 Census.

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Located at 30.31 31.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Populated places in Qalyubia Governorate