Badrashin district

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Badrashin district is an administrative region in Giza Governorate, Egypt, known for encompassing several important archaeological and historical sites near ancient Memphis.

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Badrashin district canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
settlement
administrativeCenter Badrashin city
contains Abu Sir necropolis
surface form: Abusir

Bent Pyramid
Dahshur necropolis
surface form: Dahshur

Memphis open-air museum
surface form: Memphis Open-Air Museum

Mit Rahina
Mit Rahina Museum
Red Pyramid
Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara

Step Pyramid of Djoser
Saqqara necropolis
surface form: ancient necropolis of Saqqara

Dahshur necropolis
surface form: pyramids of Dahshur
continent Africa
country Egypt
governorate Giza Governorate
governorateCapitalDistance south of Giza city
hasHeritageStatus Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component (Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur)
historicalRegion area surrounding ancient Memphis
knownFor ancient Egyptian monuments
archaeological sites
pyramid fields
language Arabic
locatedIn Giza Governorate
Lower Egypt
locatedInTimePeriod modern Egypt
locatedNear Memphis, Egypt
locatedOn west bank of the Nile
nearbyCity Cairo
Giza
surface form: Giza city
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Greater Cairo metropolitan area
primaryEconomicActivities agriculture
tourism
railConnection served by Egyptian National Railways (Badrashin station)
religionMajority Islam
roadConnection connected to Cairo by regional roads
timeZone Eastern European Time
UTC+02:00
timeZoneDST UTC+03:00

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Mit Rahina locatedIn Badrashin district