North Africa
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Cairo Governorate

Maydān Rūksī

Maydān Rūksī is a square in , . Maydān Rūksī is situated nearby to the castle , as well as near the suburb .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Heliopolis Palace and Baron Empain Palace.

Castle
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The is one of the five Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being , , Montaza Palace and , for the executive office of the President of Egypt. is situated 640 metres southeast of Maydān Rūksī.

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The , also known as Le Palais Hindou, is a distinctive and historic mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central , Egypt. is situated 1½ km southeast of Maydān Rūksī.

Castle
Koubbeh Palace or Qubbah Palace is one of the various Egyptian palaces which serve as the country's official guest house for visiting dignitaries. The palace was most likely originally built in the mid-19th century and sold to Khedive Ismail in 1866 by his brother Mustafa Fazl Pasha. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Maydān Rūksī.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zeitoun and East Cairo.

Suburb
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, also al-Zeitoun, is one of the eight districts that make up the Northern Area in , . It is known for its Marian apparitions at the Coptic Church of the Virgin Mary of , reported in 1968–1971.

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The eastern districts of are a series of planned communities which have been built away from the congestion of historic Cairo. The most prominent communities are Heliopolis, Nasr City, and New Cairo.

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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.

Maydān Rūksī

Latitude
30.0932° or 30° 5′ 36″ north
Longitude
31.31515° or 31° 18′ 55″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
8G2H38V8+73
Geo­Names ID
7911466
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In Other Languages

“Maydān Rūksī” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميدان روكسي”

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