Burj Umm Kalthūm
Burj Umm Kalthūm is a building in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Burj Umm Kalthūm is situated nearby to the arts center El-Sawy Cultural Wheel, as well as near the suburb Zamalek.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gezira and El-Sawy Cultural Wheel.
Gezira
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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.
El-Sawy Cultural Wheel
Arts center
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El Sawy Culture Wheel is a cultural center on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district on central Cairo, Egypt. Named after its founder and owner, Abdelmoniem El-Sawy, it is considered one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt and receives more than 20,000 visitors each month. El-Sawy Cultural Wheel is situated 210 metres south of Burj Umm Kalthūm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zamalek and Cairo.
Zamalek
Suburb
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Zamalek is a qism within the West District in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. 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.
Cairo
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Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East.
Boulaq
Suburb
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Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
Burj Umm Kalthūm
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “Burj Umm Kalthum” and “Umm Kalthūm Tower”
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.06424° or 30° 3′ 51″ northLongitude
31.21608° or 31° 12′ 58″ eastElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
8G2H3678+MCGeoNames ID
7924128
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In Other Languages
“Burj Umm Kalthūm” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج أم كلثوم”
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