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Population70,687
GeoNames
Local nameالقنايات
RegionSharqia
Elevation14 m
46 ft
Time zoneAfrica/Cairo
Nearest airportCairo International Airport (CAI)
56 km
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About Al Qanāyāt
El Qanayat (Arabic: قسم القنايات) is a town in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt, located in the northeastern Nile Delta. It serves as a northwestern suburb of Zagazig.
From the Wikipedia article El Qanayat (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Cairo International Airport (CAI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 56 km away.
- Zagazig 5 km southeast, about 5 min by car
- Quwaysinā 30 km west, about 30 min by car
- Al-'Ubūr 43 km south, about 43 min by car
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān 45 km southeast, about 45 min by car
- Al Mansurah 47 km north, about 47 min by car
- Tanta 48 km northwest, about 48 min by car
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 48 km northwest, about 48 min by car
- Ţalkhā 49 km north, about 49 min by car
- Shubrā al Khaymah 59 km south, about 59 min by car
- Cairo 65 km south, about 1 h by car
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