El Manial
El Manial is a district of Cairo, located on Rhoda Island in the Nile.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: district of Cairo, in Egypt
- Also known as: “El-Manyal”, “Manial Shiha”, “Manyal Shîha”, “Manyal Shihah”, and “Manyal Shīḩah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torah Mahkoum Prison and Dahab Island.
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 4 km east of El Manial.
Dahab Island
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dahab Island is a Nile island located in the metropolitan region of Cairo near the eastern Nile shore south of Roda Island and near of Qorsaya Island. The island belongs to Giza and has a strong agricultural character. Dahab Island is situated 4 km north of El Manial.
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 3½ km east of El Manial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tummwah and Ma’adi.
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. Tummwah is situated 3½ km southeast of El Manial.
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.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
El Manial
- Category: district
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“El Manial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المنيل”
- Arabic: “المنيل”
- Dutch: “El-Manial”
- Irish: “El-Manial”
- Japanese: “エル＝マニアル”
- Swedish: “El-Manial”
- Uzbek: “Al-Manyil”
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