El Badrashein

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El Badrashein

Elevation24 m

Coordinates29.85°, 31.27°

Demographic figures from CAPMAS (Egypt). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Badrashin is a city, and capital of the eponymous markaz, in Giza Governorate, Egypt.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Imhotep

Egyptian architect, physician, astronomer, and god of medicine in ancient Egyptian mythology.

Menas of Egypt

Egyptian saint, martyr and wonder-worker, said to have lived 285-ca. 309

Horbaef

ancient Egyptian prince

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Aacheperkareseneb

ancient Egyptian sculptor

Petosiris

4th century BCE Egyptian high priest

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Agathoclea

mistress of Ptolemy IV of Egypt

Hossam Hassan

Egyptian association football player and coach

Nefertiabet

ancient Egyptian princess of the 4th Dynasty under the reign of Keops

Inetkaes

ancient Egyptian princess of the Third dynasty

Nefermaat

ancient Egyptian prince and vizier

Amun

Egyptian saint

Amun-her-khepeshef

eldest son of Ramesses II

Mentuhotep

ancient Egyptian queen consort

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Djedefhor

ancient Egyptian prince

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Palaephatus

ancient Greek writer

Tyti

ancient Egyptian queen consort of Ramses III

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Giza

• Mit Rahinah
  1.2 mi away
• Al Shimbab
  2 mi away
• Saqqara
  2.8 mi away
• Al Maraziq
  2.8 mi away
• Al-Hawamidyah
  2.9 mi away · pop. 113,000
• Al Shobak al Gharbi
  4.1 mi away
• Abu Sir
  4.2 mi away
• Minshat Dahshur
  4.3 mi away
• Abu Ragwan al Bahari
  4.7 mi away
• Al-Manawat
  5.2 mi away
• Abu Ragwan
  5.3 mi away
• Abu Rajwan al Qibli
  5.8 mi away

Browse all places in Giza →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

Seen 2026-09-26

Plains Cupid

Luthrodes pandava

Seen 2026-09-26

Laughing Dove

Spilopelia senegalensis

Seen 2026-09-26

Condylostylus longicornis

Condylostylus longicornis

Seen 2026-09-26

Tworidge Roach

Blattella biligata

Seen 2026-09-26

Mediterranean House Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Seen 2026-09-26

Hyaline Grass Bug

Liorhyssus hyalinus

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).