El Saff ( ar, الصف) is a city in the
Giza Governorate
Giza Governorate ( ar, محافظة الجيزة ') is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the center of the country, situated on the west bank of the Nile River opposite Cairo. Its capital is the city of Giza. It includes a stretch of ...
,
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
. Its population was estimated at about 59,000 people in 2018.
Background
El Saff is a
Markaz and city located about 30 km south of Helwan, which includes more than 30 villages, and it follows the Giza Governorate, although it is located on the eastern shore of the Nile River, opposite Al-Ayyat B center. The West is the Nile River, and from the east is the Eastern desert. The city is known for the clay brick factories that spread widely over the area and the villages of Askar, Al-Wadi, and Abu Abu Sa’id.
The most famous cities in El Saff
Markaz:
* El Saff El Balad village
* Ghamza AL Kubra village
* Al Akhsas village
* El Shobak El sharqy village
* Kafr
Tarchan village
* Askar village
* El Wadi village
* Al Aquas wel Fahmyen village
*Nazlet El Eryan village
*El Shorfa village
*El Desmy village
Most of the villages and areas of the center are located to the east and west of the desert road to
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south.
In ancient E ...
, which connects the center to Upper Egypt, Cairo and
Helwan. The army also made a road over the
markaz about 15 km connecting the center to Cairo, the ring road and the highway over
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
. According to tradition, the Prophet Moses was born in the village of Askar.
References
{{Cities of Egypt
Populated places in Giza Governorate