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Egyptian Museum Cairo
Home to the world's most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, including Tutankhamun's golden treasures.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Qahā
Qalyubia, Egypt · Africa
About Qahā
Qahā is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Ţūkh, 28km from Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.
Qahā is in Qalyubia, Egypt, with about 36,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ţūkh, about 8 km away.
Qaha (Egyptian Arabic: قها pronounced [ˈʔæhæ], from Coptic: ⲕⲁϩⲓ, lit. 'earth, ground') is a city in northeastern Egypt, located 25 km (18 mins) north of Cairo. It is located in the rich farmland of the southern part of the Nile Delta, and is well-irrigated by canals leading off the Delta Barrage.
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What is there to see near Qahā?
Within an hour or so of Qahā: Egyptian Museum Cairo (26 km), El-Fishawy Café (26 km), Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (28 km), Grand Egyptian Museum (33 km).
Where is Qahā?
Qahā is in Qalyubia, Egypt, about 8 km from Ţūkh.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 36,225
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Region
- Qalyubia
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
- Coordinates
- 30.2801, 31.2053
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Worth the detour from Qahā
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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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.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Pyramids of Giza
The last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, these 4,500-year-old pyramids are Egypt's most iconic monuments.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Great Sphinx of Giza
Colossal limestone statue with the body of a lion and a human head, guarding the Giza pyramid complex.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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