Al Qaşşāşīn, Egypt
القصاصين الجديدة
Al Qaşşāşīn is a town of 24,364 people in Sharqia, Egypt.
Why visit Al Qaşşāşīn
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks in and around town.
Highlights include Tell er-Retaba and Wadi Tumilat.
Weather in Al Qaşşāşīn
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About Al Qaşşāşīn
Kassassin (Arabic: القصاصين) is a town in Lower Egypt 22 miles (35 km) by rail west of Ismailia, a major city on the Suez Canal.
From the Wikipedia article Kassassin (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks2
Tell er-Retaba
Monument and historic site · 3.4 km
Archaeological site in Egypt
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Wadi Tumilat
Monument and historic site · 3.3 km
Archaeological site in Egypt
Map of Al Qaşşāşīn
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Getting there and nearby towns
Capital International Airport (CCE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 57 km away.
- Ismailia 33 km east, about 33 min by car
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān 35 km southwest, about 35 min by car
- Zagazig 41 km west, about 41 min by car
- Al-'Ubūr 57 km southwest, about 57 min by car
- Al Mansurah 74 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- New Cairo 74 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Quwaysinā 74 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ţalkhā 76 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Shubrā al Khaymah 82 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Cairo 86 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- The earth and its inhabitants (1886) (21116337912), Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions
- Section of a Limestone Temple Relief of Ramesses II slaying an Asiatic enemy excavated at Tell El-Retaba 1292-1190 BCE (Dynasty 19) Egypt Penn Museum, Mary Harrsch, CC BY-SA 4.0
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