Jāmi‘at al Azhar
Jāmi‘at al Azhar is a college in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Jāmi‘at al Azhar is situated nearby to Unknown Soldier Memorial, as well as near the suburb Nasr City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cairo Stadium and Unknown Soldier Memorial.
Cairo Stadium
Stadium
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The Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin from 1934 to 1936. Cairo Stadium is situated 1 km north of Jāmi‘at al Azhar.
Unknown Soldier Memorial
The Unknown Soldier Memorial in Cairo is a pyramid-shaped monument in Nasr City. Its construction was ordered by president Anwar Sadat in 1974 in honor of Egyptians and Arabs who lost their lives in the 1973 October War. Unknown Soldier Memorial is situated 680 metres north of Jāmi‘at al Azhar.
Arab Contractors Stadium
Stadium
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The Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, also known as the Arab Contractors Stadium or Al-Mokawloon al-Arab Stadium, is a multi-use stadium used mostly for football matches in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, which has a seating capacity of 35,000. Arab Contractors Stadium is situated 2 km southwest of Jāmi‘at al Azhar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nasr City and Hadaiq el Qubbah.
Nasr City
Suburb
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Nasr City forms two of the nine districts of the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is administratively divided into Nasr City West/One, and Nasr City East/Two. Nasr City is situated 3 km east of Jāmi‘at al Azhar.
Hadaiq el Qubbah
Hamlet
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Hadaek al-Qubbah is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt. Hadaiq el Qubbah is situated 4 km northwest of Jāmi‘at al Azhar.
Garden City
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.
Jāmi‘at al Azhar
- Type: College
- Also known as: “Azhar University” and “Jami`at al Azhar”
- Category: education
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05927° or 30° 3′ 33″ northLongitude
31.31352° or 31° 18′ 49″ eastElevation
71 metres (233 feet)Open location code
8G2H3857+PCGeoNames ID
7911495
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In Other Languages
“Jāmi‘at al Azhar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة الأزهر”
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