Qaryat Abū Zar‘ī
District of Kowthaf
in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt
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El Gora Airport (10 mi) - El Arish International Airport (20 mi)
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Be'er Sheva (Teyman) Airport (36 mi) - Ben Gurion International Airport (71 mi)
- Sde Dov Airport (73 mi)
- Bar Yehuda Airfield (75 mi)
- Ein Yahav Airfield (76 mi)
- Ovda International Airport (101 mi)
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Queen Alia International Airport (115 mi) -
Damascus International Airport (206 mi)
- Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
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Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir (Unesco heritage, 69 mi) - White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement (Unesco heritage, 70 mi)
- Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Unesco heritage, 72 mi)
- Masada (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (Unesco heritage, 77 mi)
- Petra (Unesco heritage, 99 mi)
- Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Unesco heritage, 112 mi)
- Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (Unesco heritage, 114 mi)
- Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (Unesco heritage, 122 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 31.217 and 34.126 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 31° 13' 2" and E 34° 7' 31"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - EGP
- Spoken languages:
- Arabic, English, French
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 12:18 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Africa/Cairo
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:08 am and 6:15 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -27.600 and -144.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Area - References
- 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: 2024-04-20 08:25:34
Explore Qaryat Abū Zar‘ī
The district Qaryat Abū Zar‘ī of Kowthaf in North Sinai Governorate is located in Egypt about 188 mi north-east of Cairo, the country's capital.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ash Shaykh Zuwayd, Rafah, Al -Arish, Gaza and Beersheba. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 74 °F
| Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
| Night Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 41% |
| Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 75% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
22°C (71 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
23°C (74 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
26°C (78 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Israeli bombing of Rafah, Gaza
Israel bombing Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to close the tunnels, This video was shot from inside Rafah, the first shot you can see the rocket coming in.
Tall as - Sultan, Rafah, Gaza Strip | workforhope.org
http://workforhope.org/ is the humanitarian meaning of the "cash for work" project that COOPI and ECHO led in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Gaza strip and West Bank).
مصر العربية | معبر رفح .. حكاية انتظار ومعاناة لا تنتهي
ازدحم آلاف الفلسطينيين في صالة الانتظار بمعبر رفح البري على الحدود بين قطاع غزة ومصر، منذ ساعات فجر الاثنين...
The War Tapes: Egyptian guards shooting at Palestinian refugees in Rafah part 2
This is exclusive ISM Gaza Strip footage about the Egyptian complicity in the Gaza massacres. It was taken in the evening of 28th of December 2008 (the second day of the Israeli operation"Cast...
How Palestinians from Jaffa ended up as refugees in the West Bank
Nedal Salwameh was born in Fara'a refugee camp in the West Bank. His family was originally from a small village near Jaffa, but they were expelled in 1948 by Zionist forces. He explains...
ben filistinli çocuğum - küçük şeyma ( Im the Palestinian Child )
Translation into english: I am the Palestinian Child Indigent Hungry Dependent on a slice of bread Dependent on a swallow of water I am the Palestinian Child When beautiful...
Viva Palestina Dua'
Viva Palestina convoy making dua in Al-Arish, Egypt before being attacked by Egyptian forces on January 5, 2010. 2000 Egyptian riot policemen attacked and injured volunteers of the Viva...
كيفية نحر القاعود في غزة على يد اصحاب محلات بيع اللحوم في غزة
كيفية نحر القاعود في غزة على يد اصحاب محلات بيع اللحوم في غزة.
Peligro, frontera Sur entre Israel y Egipto, El Gran Muro del Norte
El "Gran Muro del Norte" en la frontera de Israel con Egipto The "Great Northern Wall" on Israel's border with Egypt Este miércoles 02 de enero de 2013, el primer ministro israelí entregó...
هام وخطير جدا لكل سني في قطاع غزة - الجهاد الاسلامي شيعة وروافض غزة
مقتطفات من خطبة الشيخ نافذ عزام ردا على أصحاب السباب والشتام والافتراء على المسلمين واهل السنة والجماعة.
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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.
Battle of Rafa
The Battle of Rafa, also known by the British as the Action of Rafah, took place on 9 January 1917 completed the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. Desert Column attacked the entrenched Ottoman Army garrison at el Magruntein to the south of Rafa, close to the frontier between the Sultanate of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, in the area to the north and east of Sheikh Zowaiid.
Gush Katif
Gush Katif was a bloc of 17 Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza strip. Gush Katif was specifically mentioned by Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister who fell victim to an assassin in 1995, as essential to Israel's security border. In August 2005, the Israeli army moved the 8,600 residents of Gush Katif to Israel. They were evicted from the area and their homes demolished as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip portion of the Palestinian Territories.
Battle of Raphia
The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was a battle fought on 22 June 217 BC near modern Rafah between the forces of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king of Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom during the Syrian Wars. It was one of the largest battles of the Hellenistic kingdoms of the Diadochi and was waged to determine the sovereignty of Coele Syria.
Yasser Arafat International Airport
Yasser Arafat International Airport, formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, in between Rafah and Dahaniya, close to the Egyptian border. It is owned, and was operated, by the Palestinian Authority, and served as the home airport for Palestinian Airlines. The airport was able to handle 700,000 passengers per year and operated 24 hours and 364 days a year.
Sheikh Khalifa City
Sheikh Khalifa City in the southwestern Gaza Strip, is the site named after United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan who finances the construction of a major housing programme of 3000 apartments http://uaeinteract. com/government/development_aid. asp. Once called "Morag", when it was a Gush Katif settlement, it has been retroceded to the Palestinian authorities after the settlers' buildings and facilities were destroyed by Israel in 2005.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Kowthaf.
- Ash Shaykh Zuwayd
- Rafah
- Al -Arish
- Gaza
- Beersheba
- Ramla
- Tel Aviv
- Bi'r al `Abd
- Jerusalem
- Karney Shomron
- Ghawr al Mazra`ah
- Ar Rishah
- Jericho
- `Ayy
- At Tafilah
- Busayra
- Al `Arid
- Al Mazar al Janubi
- Fuqu`
- Ash Shawbak
- Al Husayniyah
- Petra
- Al Qasr
- Karak
- Ash Shunah al Janubiyah
- Al Mughayyir
- Ma`in
- Dhiban
- Adhruh
- Mulayh
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Qaryat Abū Zar‘ī, قرية ابو زرعي
