Ţurá al Balad
Ţurá al Balad is a railway station in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Ţurá al Balad is situated nearby to the school Lycee Francais du Caire, as well as near Torah Mahkoum Prison.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Torah Mahkoum Prison and Lycee Francais du Caire.
Torah Mahkoum Prison
Prison
Photo: Mohamed Ouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tora Prison is an Egyptian prison complex for criminal and political detainees, located in Tora, Egypt. The complex is situated in front of the Tora El Balad metro station. Torah Mahkoum Prison is situated 740 metres southeast of Ţurá al Balad.
Lycee Francais du Caire
School
Lycée Français du Caire is the French International School in Cairo, Egypt. It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad, an agency of the French government. Lycee Francais du Caire is situated 300 metres northeast of Ţurá al Balad.
Aqrab Prison
Prison
The Al-Aqrab Prison is a supermax prison in Helwan, Egypt, south of Cairo. It is used for political prisoners and opponents of the Egyptian government, which includes Muslim Brotherhood and April 6 Youth Movement leaders, as well as political activists. Aqrab Prison is situated 2 km east of Ţurá al Balad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tummwah and Tura.
Tummwah
Village
Tummwah is a village in the Giza Governorate in Egypt. Also spelled as "Tamwah", it is a Coptic old name that the village is keeping from the Old Egyptian name. According to the 2006 census, the village had 21,689 residents, 11,212 males and 10,477 females.
Tura
Village
Photo: Mohamed Ouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tura was the primary quarry for limestone in ancient Egypt. The site, which was known by the ancient Egyptians as Troyu or Royu, is located about halfway between modern-day Cairo and Helwan.
Ma’adi
Ma'adi a suburban district of Cairo, to the south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile, consists of two distinct areas, Old Ma'adi and New Ma'adi.
Ţurá al Balad
- Type: Railway station
- Also known as: “Tura al Balad”, “Ṭura Town”, and “Ţurah al Balad”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.95° or 29° 57′ northLongitude
31.26667° or 31° 16′ eastElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
7GXHX728+2MGeoNames ID
347191
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