Az Zaynīyah Qiblī, Egypt
الزينية
Az Zaynīyah Qiblī is a town of 20,000 people in Luxor, Egypt.
Why visit Az Zaynīyah Qiblī
Townapedia lists 12 museums and landmarks, 23 parks and trails and 2 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include El-Tarif and Great Hypostyle Hall.
Weather in Az Zaynīyah Qiblī
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About Az Zaynīyah Qiblī
Al Zayniyyah (Arabic: الزينية) is a markaz and affiliated city in Luxor Governorate in Egypt established in 2007. It has a population of about 65,000 people, of whom about 40,000 are men and about 25,000 are women.
From the Wikipedia article Al Zayniyyah (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks12
El-Tarif
Monument and historic site · 4.2 km
Village and archaeological site in Egypt
Great Hypostyle Hall
Monument and historic site · 4.1 km
Hall within the Karnak temple complex
Karnak Open Air Museum
Museum · 4.0 km
Egyptian archaeological museum
Karnak Temple Complex
Monument and historic site · 4.1 km
Ancient Egyptian temple complex
Medamud
Monument and historic site · 4.0 km
Village in Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Mortuary Temple of Seti I
Monument and historic site · 5.4 km
Building in Qurna, Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor (Thebes)
Precinct of Amun-Re
Monument and historic site · 4.1 km
Building in Egypt
Precinct of Mut
Monument and historic site · 4.9 km
Temple in Karnak, near Thebes, Egypt
Temple of Khonsu
Monument and historic site · 4.4 km
Egyptian temple in Karnak, Egypt
Temple of Monthu
Monument and historic site · 3.8 km
Building in Egypt
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Parks, trails and playgrounds23
11 more on the map.
Where to stay2
Map of Az Zaynīyah Qiblī
37 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Luxor International Airport (LXR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 9 km away.
- Aţ Ţārif 4 km west, about 4 min by car
- Luxor 7 km southwest, about 7 min by car
- Al Bayāḑīyah 10 km southwest, about 10 min by car
- Jarājūs 16 km northeast, about 16 min by car
- Naqādah 17 km north, about 17 min by car
- Armant 20 km southwest, about 20 min by car
- Qūş 20 km northeast, about 20 min by car
- Ţūd 24 km southwest, about 24 min by car
- Qifţ 31 km northeast, about 31 min by car
- Qina 46 km north, about 46 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Headlines from INDB.
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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
- Luxor, Egypt, Karnak, Great Hypostyle Hall, Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
- 1st Pylon Karnak Temple, Unknown author, Public domain
- KarnakOpenAirChapels, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Luxor, Egypt, Karnak, Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
- Seti I Temple at Qurna, No machine-readable author provided. Zanaq assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Karnak01(js), Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Temple Mout 01, No machine-readable author provided. Neithsabes assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
- Flickr - Gaspa - Tempio di Karnak, ingresso, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Medmoud vue générale, No machine-readable author provided. Neithsabes assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
- TT19 Lekov, Teodor Lekov, CC BY 4.0
- Travels in Egypt (53582239167), Ron Frazier from Bloomington IL, United States, CC BY 2.0
- Travels in Egypt (53583554975), Ron Frazier from Bloomington IL, United States, CC BY 2.0
- Travels in Egypt (53583434159), Ron Frazier from Bloomington IL, United States, CC BY 2.0
- Travels in Egypt (53583555300), Ron Frazier from Bloomington IL, United States, CC BY 2.0
- Travels in Egypt (53583434549), Ron Frazier from Bloomington IL, United States, CC BY 2.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (27), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (2), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (26), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (25), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (20), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (23), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (21), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Tempelanlage Karnak 2, RThiele, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (24), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (18), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (1), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (19), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
- Egypt, near Luxor - panoramio - Alx R (22), Alx R, CC BY 3.0
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