Badrashin

Badrashin is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt and the capital of the Badrashin markaz, about 30 kilometres southwest of Cairo on the west bank of the Nile. The county is the site of Memphis, called Men-nefer in ancient Egypt, the royal capital whose tombs and pyramids form the Memphite Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage site, although much of the ancient city lies buried beneath modern villages. Saqqara, with the pyramid of King Djoser, the first stone building in history, Abusir and Dahshur, whose pyramids include that of Snefru, all lie within the county, and the village of Aziziyah is said to be the prison where Joseph was held. The city is surrounded by villages and irrigated land, produces about a third of the dates grown in Egypt, and is the second largest furniture producer in the country after Damietta. The official estimate for July 2023 is 92,724 residents.