Tura

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 and .
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  • Village with about 248,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as
    “Ṭura el-Ḥaggâra”
    “Tura, Egypt”
    “Ţurá, Tura”
    “Ţurah”
    “Ţurah al Ḩayy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torah Mahkoum Prison and Aqrab Prison.
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Tora Prison is an Egyptian prison complex for criminal…
The Al-Aqrab Prison was a supermax prison in , , south of .
Lycée Français du Caire is the French International School in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tummwah and Ma’adi.
is a village in the in Egypt.
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Ma'adi is a leafy and formerly suburban district…
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. is situated 5 km south of Tura.

Tura

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Latitude
29.93459° or 29° 56′ 5″ north
Longitude
31.28073° or 31° 16′ 51″ east
Open location code
7GXHW7MJ+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768769511
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
347194
Wiki­data ID
Q1027627

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Tura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي طرة”
  • Arabic: “طرة”
  • Basque: “Tura”
  • Catalan: “Tura”
  • Coptic: “ⲧⲣⲱⲁ”
  • Czech: “Tura”
  • Danish: “Tura”
  • Dutch: “Toera (Egypte)”
  • Dutch: “Toera”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “طره”
  • French: “Tourah”
  • French: “Tura”
  • German: “Tura”
  • Greek: “Τούρα, Αίγυπτος”
  • Greek: “Τούρα”
  • Hebrew: “טורה”
  • Italian: “Tura”
  • Japanese: “トゥラ (エジプト)”
  • Portuguese: “Tora (Egito)”
  • Portuguese: “Tora”
  • Slovak: “Tourah”
  • Slovak: “Tura”
  • Slovenian: “Tura, Egipt”
  • Spanish: “Tura”
  • Swahili: “Tura, Misri”
  • Swedish: “Tura (Egypten)”
  • Swedish: “Tura”
  • Thai: “ทูรา”
  • Uzbek: “Tura (Misr)”
  • Uzbek: “Tura”

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Localities in the Area

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