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View of Egypt taken during ISS Expedition 9.
View of Egypt taken during ISS Expedition 9.
Zoomable full resolution image available at davidrumsey.com.This image 10285.076 is a part of image group 10285.000.Only one other copy of this atlas is located in Worldcat. It appears to have been produced in limited numbers for banks and businesses. Sheets dated from 1908 to 1919. Most of the sheets say "Reproduced by the Photo-metal Process at the Survey Department, Egypt." We assume the the British Ordnance Survey had some role in the design of these sheets, given the similarity to the Ordnance Survey sheets of Great Britain made in the same time period and the British influence on the administration of Egypt since the building of the Suez canal. Not all sheets in the key sheet are included in this set - some sheets were not yet ready and others may have been left out because they only showed the desert area. The post binding allowed for updating and adding new sheets. The seven sheets of the Kharga Oasis (204-214) were likely added later. Many of the maps have been trimmed at the top and bottom borders to fit into the binding. The maps show the soon to fade Ottoman influences on the Egyptian landscape.View all map sheets joined in Google Earth: https://rumsey3.s3.amazonaws.com
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Ashmūn

Monufia, Egypt · Africa

About Ashmūn

Ashmūn sits on the route: 30 minutes from Al Bājūr, 40km from Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.

Ashmūn is in Monufia, Egypt, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Al Bājūr, about 16 km away.

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What is there to see near Ashmūn?

Within an hour or so of Ashmūn: Grand Egyptian Museum (36 km), Egyptian Museum Cairo (37 km), Pyramids of Giza (38 km), Great Sphinx of Giza (39 km).

Where is Ashmūn?

Ashmūn is in Monufia, Egypt, about 16 km from Al Bājūr.

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Quick Information

Population
124,483
Continent
Africa
Country
Egypt
Region
Monufia
Timezone
Africa/Cairo
Coordinates
30.2974, 30.9764

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Egypt

Police
122
Ambulance
123
Fire
180
Driving side
right

Tourist police: 126.

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Worth the detour from Ashmūn

6 notable places within an hour's drive.

museum

Grand Egyptian Museum

The world's largest archaeological museum, built near the Pyramids of Giza to house the complete Tutankhamun collection and over 100,000 artifacts.

36 km · about 40 min drive

museum

Egyptian Museum Cairo

Home to the world's most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, including Tutankhamun's golden treasures.

37 km · about 45 min drive

landmark

Pyramids of Giza

The last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, these 4,500-year-old pyramids are Egypt's most iconic monuments.

38 km · about 45 min drive

landmark

Great Sphinx of Giza

Colossal limestone statue with the body of a lion and a human head, guarding the Giza pyramid complex.

39 km · about 45 min drive

cafe

El-Fishawy Café

Cairo's oldest coffeehouse, open in a Khan el-Khalili alley since 1797 and run by seven generations of one family. Naguib Mahfouz wrote parts of the Cairo Trilogy in its back rooms, under the same tarnished mirrors.

39 km · about 45 min drive

castle

Citadel of Salah Ed-Din

A medieval Islamic-era fortification on Mokattam Hill in Cairo, built by Saladin to protect the city from Crusader attacks.

40 km · about 45 min drive

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