Jazirat al-Rawda

Jazirat al-Rawda is an island in , . Jazirat al-Rawda is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the region .
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Egypt
  • Also known as: “el-Rôda”, “Ǧazīrat al-Rawḍaẗ”, “Gezîret el Rôḍa”, “Gezīret er Rōda”, “Gezîret et Rôḍa”, “Jazirat ar Rawdah”, “Jazīrat ar Rawḑah”, “Roda”, and “Roda Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhoda Island and Fustat.

Island
Photo: Michael Botros, CC BY 4.0.
Roda Island is an island neighbourhood on the Nile in central , alternatively known as Manial al-Roda, or , referring to the main village that existed on the island before it was urbanised, and is part of the district.

Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of . It was built adjacent to what is now known as by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first built in Egypt.

Photo: Buyoof, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Amr ibn al-As Mosque is a , located in the neighbourhood of , . Named in honour of the Arab Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As, the mosque was built in c. 642 CE as the centre of the newly founded capital of Egypt, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.

Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
is the extensive district of southern from the southern boundary of down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.

Suburb
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a well-planned and leafy district of central , immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.

Jazirat al-Rawda

Latitude
30.02255° or 30° 1′ 21″ north
Longitude
31.22598° or 31° 13′ 34″ east
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
8G2H26FG+29
Geo­Names ID
350173
Wiki­data ID
Q23938868
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Jazirat al-Rawda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الروضة”
  • Cebuano: “Jazīrat ar Rawḑah”
  • French: “île de Rôdah”
  • French: “île de Roudah” (historical)
  • Swedish: “Jazīrat ar Rawḑah”

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