Zāwyat Umm ar Rakham, Egypt
زاوية أم الرخم
Zāwyat Umm ar Rakham is a town of 2,643 people in Matruh, Egypt.
Why visit Zāwyat Umm ar Rakham
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks in and around town.
Highlights include Apis and Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham.
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About Zāwyat Umm ar Rakham
Zawyet Umm El Rakham (Egyptian Arabic: زاوية أم الرخم lit. "the resthouse of the mother of vultures") is an archaeological site located on the North coast of Egypt 20 km to the west of Marsa Matruh, and about 300 km to the west of Alexandria
From the Wikipedia article Zawyet Umm El Rakham (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks3
Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham
Monument and historic site
Village and archaeological site in Egypt
Map of Zāwyat Umm ar Rakham
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Getting there and nearby towns
Marsa Matruh International Airport (MUH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 19 km away.
- Marsá Maţrūḩ 19 km east, about 19 min by car
- An-Najaylah 44 km west, about 44 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
- UmmRakhamGateBSouthSide, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham 06, Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0
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