Al Bahnasā
in Minya Governorate, Egypt
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Assiut International Airport (105 mi) - Cairo West Airport (110 mi)
- Cairo International Airport (118 mi)
- Abu Rudeis Airport (156 mi)
- Sohag International Airport (165 mi)
- Borg El Arab International Airport (174 mi)
- El Alamein International Airport (211 mi)
- Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
- Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (Unesco heritage, 103 mi)
- Historic Cairo (Unesco heritage, 111 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 28.536 and 30.660 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 28° 32' 8" and E 30° 39' 34"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - EGP
- Spoken languages:
- Arabic, English, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 12:07 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Africa/Cairo
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:20 am and 6:29 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -23.883 and -147.700 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Matotea - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Egypt.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Egypt. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Explore Al Bahnasā
Al Bahnasā in Minya Governorate is a city in Egypt about 111 mi (or 179 km) south of Cairo, the country's capital.
Local time in Al Bahnasā is now 12:07 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Africa / Cairo with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 7 airports in the vicinity of Al Bahnasā, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Egypt is Assiut International Airport in a distance of 105 mi (or 169 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Egypt is Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) in a distance of 62 mi (or 100 km), North-West.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Minya, Bani Suwayf, Al Fayyum, Asyut and Giza. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 30°C / 85 °F
| Morning Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 31°C / 88 °F |
| Night Temperature | 21°C / 71 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 21% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 17 km/h (10 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 60% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
27°C (80 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Few clouds, strong breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
28°C (83 °F)
26°C (78 °F)
Scattered clouds, fresh breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
28°C (83 °F)
24°C (76 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus; Greek: Ὀξύρρυγχος; "sharp-nosed"; ancient Egyptian Pr-Medjed; Coptic Pemdje; modern Egyptian Arabic el-Bahnasa) is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered.
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of manuscripts discovered by archaeologists including Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt . The manuscripts date from the 1st to the 6th century AD. They include thousands of Greek and Latin documents, letters and literary works. They also include a few vellum manuscripts, and more recent Arabic manuscripts on paper (for example, the medieval P. Oxy. VI 1006).
Sakoula DNC
Sakoula Project is a building project located at Sakoula, Minya governorate, Egypt. An improvement and rehabilitation of Sakoula Regulator on Bahr Yussef Canal, it was financed by Japanese grant aid, and was completed in 2006. The contractor is Dai Nippon Construction, a Japanese company working in the construction field.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Al Bahnasā.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Oxyrynkhos, Behnesa, Oxyrhynchos, Behnesch, Oxyrynchus, Behnessa, El-Bahnasa, Al Bahnasā
