Badrashin البدرشين
1878 illustration of Badrashin
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 29°51′07″N 31°16′34″E / 29.852°N 31.276°E / 29.852; 31.276
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Giza
Founded	c. 3000 BCE
Population
• Total	90,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Badrashin (Arabic: البدرشين) is a city, and capital of the eponymous markaz (county), in Giza Governorate, Egypt.^[1]

Pyramids

The city is home to the oldest Egyptian monuments. In the village of Abusir, the oldest-known pyramids can be found. These pyramids are of the sun temples. The village of Saqqara hosts the first stone building in history, the pyramid of King Djoser and amphitheatre.^[2]

The pyramids of Dahshur, such as the pyramid of Snefru, are the first complete pyramids known to history.^[3] The pyramid of Amenemhat II, pyramid of Amenemhat III, and many temples, such as the Temple of King Ramesses II, in which his statue was discovered, were transferred to Bab Al-Hadid Square. Ramesses is in the heart of Cairo and was then moved to the shooting range at the entrance to the pyramids.^[4] The village of Aziziyah is the prison where Joseph was incarcerated. The city has the oldest bridge in Egypt, El Maraziq bridge.

Geography

Badrashin is 30 km southwest of Cairo on the west bank of the Nile river.

Economy

The city is surrounded by villages and irrigated land. It produces a third of Egypt's dates.

Badrashin is the second largest producer of furniture in Egypt after Damietta. Other industries include: oil, soap-making, rug-making, textiles, yacht-building and furniture-making.

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