Shibīn al Qanāţir, Egypt
شبين القناطر
Shibīn al Qanāţir is a town of 73,711 people in Qalyubia, Egypt.
Why visit Shibīn al Qanāţir
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 7 parks and trails and 2 places to eat in and around town.
Highlights include Leontopolis.
Weather in Shibīn al Qanāţir
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About Shibīn al Qanāţir
Shibin El Qanater (Arabic: شبين القناطر), previously known as Shaybin al-Qasr (Arabic: سيبين القصر) and Scenae Veteranorum is a region (markaz) in Egypt situated in the center of the Qalyubia Governorate. Its population was 423,783 at the 2006 Census and comprises 36 villages.
From the Wikipedia article Shibin El Qanater (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
Leontopolis
Monument and historic site · 2.5 km
Archaeological site in Egypt
Parks, trails and playgrounds7
Restaurants and cafes2
Healthcare3
History
The modern town used to be a Roman army encampment serving as a station of cavalry units "Equites Saraceni Thamudeni" and "Ala quinta Raetorum".
The town of Shibin El Qanater is one of the ancient villages, where it appeared in the name of “Shibin Al-Qasr” in the book “The Laws of Diwans of Al-Asaad Bin Mattati” from the works of Al-Sharqiya, which is the name given to it in the Salahi rock conducted by the Ayyubid Sultan Al-Nasir Salah Al-Din in the year 572 AH / 1176 AD, as it was mentioned in the name “Shibin Al-Qasr One of Qalubia’s works in the book “A Sunni Masterpiece in the Names of the Egyptian Countries” by Ibn Al-Jiaan who surrounded the Egyptian villages after the Nasserite rock that was conducted by the Mamluk Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun in 715 AH / 1315AD. In the Ottoman era, it was mentioned in the Ottoman sources, which was conducted by the Ottoman governor Suleiman Pasha Al-Khadim during the era of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent within the villages of the province of Qaliubiya.
Ramzi connects the first part of the name to Arabic: أشيب ʾašyab "grey-coloured, old" akin to the Latin: veteranorum "old".
From the History section of Shibin El Qanater on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Shibīn al Qanāţir
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Getting there and nearby towns
Cairo International Airport (CAI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 24 km away.
- Al-'Ubūr 18 km southeast, about 18 min by car
- Shubrā al Khaymah 22 km south, about 22 min by car
- Cairo 29 km south, about 29 min by car
- Quwaysinā 32 km northwest, about 32 min by car
- New Cairo 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
- Giza 35 km south, about 35 min by car
- Zagazig 35 km northeast, about 35 min by car
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān 41 km east, about 41 min by car
- Badr 43 km southeast, about 43 min by car
- Ḩalwān 52 km south, about 52 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
- El Qanater El Khayreya , photo by Hatem Moushir 67, Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Foreign prisoner-E 7691 A label QS:Len,"Foreign prisoner-E 7691 A" label QS:Len-gb,"Foreign prisoner-E 7691 A" label QS:Lfr,"prisonnier étranger", Unknown artist Unknown artist, CC BY-SA 1.0
- ISS050-E-65894 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS044-E-48812 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS029-E-31176 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS010-E-23198 - View of Egypt, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS044-E-48813 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS015-E-24491 - View of Egypt, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS037-E-14523 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS038-E-5145 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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