Kirdasah

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Kirdasah

Elevation18 m

Coordinates30.03°, 31.11°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kerdasa is a markaz in Giza Governorate, Egypt. It is famed for its hand-made textile crafts, woven carpets, and wall hangings in native traditional patterns. Kerdasa is a great place to find embroidered cotton, silk dresses (galabeyas) and other products. It is famous for trading fabrics nationwide, with traditional crafts, and handcrafted clothes and textiles, from dresses, galabiyas, etc., and is a popular destination for Egyptians before Arab and foreign tourists to purchase these products.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Hazem Salah Abu Ismail

Egyptian politician

Tamer Hosny

Egyptian singer, actor, composer, director and songwriter

Mohamed Aboutrika

Egyptian association football player

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Aboud El Zomor

Egyptian Islamist

Saleh Selim

Egyptian footballer and actor (1930–2002)

Essam el-Erian

Egyptian politician (1954–2020)

Muhammad Hussein Yacoub

Salafi Islamic scholar

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Muhammad al-Zawahiri

Egyptian Islamist

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Amer Mounib

Egyptian singer and actor

Ahmed El Saadany

Egyptian actor

Ahmed Hatem

Egyptian actor

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Ahmed Mahdy

Egyptian screenwriter

Tarek al-Zumar

politician

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Amin al-Mahdi

Egyptian writer, politician, and publisher

Sami Farag

lawyer (1935-2015)

Mohamed El Sharnouby

Egyptian actor

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

Nearby places in Giza

• Nahia
  1.4 mi away
• Minshat Al Bekari
  2 mi away
• Kawm Birah
  3.4 mi away
• Kafr Tuhurmis
  3.9 mi away
• Al Barajil
  4.2 mi away
• Nazlet Bahgat
  4.3 mi away
• Moon land
  5.6 mi away
• Belleville
  5.7 mi away
• Bashteel Al-Balad
  5.8 mi away
• El Nada Compound
  6.4 mi away
• Legenda
  6.5 mi away
• Saqiyat Makki
  6.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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