North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

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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  • Type: Village with 248,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Ţurá”, “Ṭura el-Ḥaggâra”, “Tura, Egypt”, “Ţurá, Tura”, “Ţurah”, and “Ţurah al Ḩayy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torah Mahkoum Prison and Aqrab 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.

Prison
The Al-Aqrab Prison is a supermax prison in , , south of . 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.

School
Lycée Français du Caire is the French International School in , . It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad, an agency of the French government.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tummwah and Al-Hawamidyah.

Village
is a village in the 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.

Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. is situated 5 km south of Tura.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Ma'adi a suburban district of , 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.

Tura

Latitude
29.93459° or 29° 56′ 5″ north
Longitude
31.28073° or 31° 16′ 51″ east
Population
248,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
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 Thai—“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”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tura”. Photo: Mohamed Ouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.