Abbassia
Sign in to saveAbbassia ( ) is a neighbourhood that makes up five shiakhas (census blocks) in al-Wayli district in Cairo, Egypt.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Abbassia
- Settlement.native_name
- العباسية
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cairo Governorate
- Settlement.timezone1
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +2
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset1_DST
- +3
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise: Al Nour Mosque, St. Peter's Church, Zaafaranah Palace, Karaite Jewish Temple, Qubba al-Fadawiyya
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Abbas I of Egypt
- Country
- Egypt
- Image
- CairoAbbasiyaMarkEntrance-Cropped.jpg
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- Abbassia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Abbassia ( ) is a neighbourhood that makes up five shiakhas (census blocks) in al-Wayli district in Cairo, Egypt.
The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is located in Abbassia, as are the medical faculty of Ain Shams University and its affiliate hospital units. The Abbassia metro station is located there as well.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abbassia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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