Dokki
Dokki is one of nine districts that make up Giza city, which is part of Greater Cairo, in Egypt. Dokki is situated on the western bank of the Nile, directly across from Downtown Cairo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 109,000 residents
- Description: district of Giza, Egypt
- Also known as: “Ad Doqi”, “Doki”, “Doqi”, “Duqqī”, and “El Dokki”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cairo Tower and Mahmoud Khaleel.
Cairo Tower
Photo: Mohamedusrii, CC BY 4.0.
The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. At 187 m, it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing.
Mahmoud Khaleel
Museum
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum is a museum in Giza, Egypt. It is located in a palace built in the early 20th century.
Agricultural Museum
Park
Photo: Amr F.Nagy, Public domain.
The Agricultural Museum is a museum in Giza, Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dokki and Mohandiseen and Gezira.
Dokki and Mohandiseen
Gezira
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gezira is a district of modern Cairo that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, gezira means "island" in Arabic.
Arab League
Locality
The Arab League, officially the League of Arab States, is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Yemen.
Dokki
- Categories: kism, sheyakha, and locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.0389° or 30° 2′ 20″ northLongitude
31.21256° or 31° 12′ 45″ eastPopulation
109,000Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
8G2H26Q7+H2OpenStreetMap ID
node 324279974OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7910354Wikidata ID
Q4166076
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Dokki” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الدقى”
- Arabic: “الدقي (حي)”
- Arabic: “الدقي”
- Arabic: “حي الدقي”
- Arabic: “دقي”
- Catalan: “Dokki”
- Chinese: “杜吉區”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الدقى”
- French: “Dokki”
- German: “al-Duqqi”
- German: “Dokki”
- German: “Doqqi”
- Hebrew: “דוקי”
- Irish: “Dokki”
- Italian: “Doqqi”
- Japanese: “ドッキ”
- Persian: “منطقه دقی”
- Spanish: “Ad-Duqqī”
- Swedish: “Dokki”
- Urdu: “دقی”
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