El-Sahel of Cairo is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It used to form part of a larger district of Shubra that was established as a garden suburb of Cairo in the 19th century until it was subdivided in 1988 into the districts of al-Sahel, Rod El Farag, and Shubra.

Garden City

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Garden City is a well-planned and leafy district of central Cairo, 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.

Mit Nama

Village

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Mit Nama is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Ismailia Canal.

Ismailia Canal

Type: Canal
Also known as: “Al Ismā‘īliyyah Canal”, “Ismailiya Canal”, “Tar‘at al Isma‘iliah”, “Tir‘at el Ismâ‘ilîya”, “Tur‘at al Ismā‘īlīyah”, and “Tur‘et el-Ismâ‘ilîya”
Category: body of water
Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

30.10503° or 30° 6′ 18″ north

Longitude

31.24179° or 31° 14′ 30″ east

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

8G2H464R+2P

GeoNames ID

355459

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Satellite Map

Discover Ismailia Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Ismailia Canal” goes by many names.

Arabic: “ترعة الاسماعيلية”

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