Zamalek

Zamalek is a qism within the West District in the Western Area of , . It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, with the bahr al-a'ma cut during the second half of the 19th Century to separate it from the west bank proper.
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  • Type: Suburb with 16,500 residents
  • Description: urban district in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Az Zamalik”, “Az Zamālik”, “El Gezîra”, “El-Zamâlik”, “Ez Zamālik”, “Gezîret el Zamâlik”, “Zamâlik”, and “ザマーレク地区”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Gezira and El-Sawy Cultural Wheel.

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is a district of modern that occupies the…

Arts center
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El Sawy Culture Wheel is a on Gezira…

Church
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All Saints' Cathedral, was consecrated in 1988…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cairo and Boulaq.

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is the capital of and, with a total…

Suburb
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, is a district of , in .

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are districts in Giza suburb…

Zamalek

Latitude
30.06299° or 30° 3′ 47″ north
Longitude
31.21963° or 31° 13′ 11″ east
Population
16,500
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
8G2H3679+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13800621826
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
359499
Wiki­data ID
Q145356
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Zamalek” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الزمالك”
  • Catalan: “Zamalek”
  • Dutch: “Zamalek”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الزمالك”
  • Esperanto: “Zamalek”
  • French: “Zamalek”
  • Galician: “Zamalek”
  • German: “Zamalek”
  • German: “Zamālik”
  • Hausa: “Zamalek”
  • Hebrew: “זמאלכ”
  • Hebrew: “זמאלק”
  • Irish: “Zamalek”
  • Italian: “Zamalek”
  • Japanese: “ザマーレク”
  • Persian: “زمالک”
  • Polish: “Az-Zamalik”
  • Polish: “Zamalek”
  • Portuguese: “Zamalek”
  • Russian: “Замалек”
  • Spanish: “Zamalek”
  • Swahili: “Zamalek”
  • Swedish: “Zamalek”
  • Urdu: “زمالک”
  • “az-Zamālik”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Abo El Feda and Mohamed Mazhar.

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Highlights: Faculty of Music Education and Saint Joseph’s Church.

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