Nafaq al Munīrah
Nafaq al Munīrah is a tunnel in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Nafaq al Munīrah is situated nearby to the neighborhood El Sahel.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Egyptian Museum and Cairo Tower.
Egyptian Museum
Museum
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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum and also called the Cairo Museum or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is a national history museum in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian Museum is situated 4 km southeast of Nafaq al Munīrah.
Cairo Tower
Photo: Mohamedusrii, CC BY 4.0.
The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. It was completed in 1961. 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. Cairo Tower is situated 3½ km south of Nafaq al Munīrah.
Ramses Railway Station
Railway station
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Ramses Railway Station, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser on the square there in 1955. Ramses Railway Station is situated 3½ km southeast of Nafaq al Munīrah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairo and Gezira.
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.
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 Sahel
Neighborhood
El-Sahel of Cairo is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It used to form part of a larger district of Shubra that was established as a garden suburb of Cairo in the 19th century until it was subdivided in 1988 into the districts of al-Sahel, Rod El Farag, and Shubra. El Sahel is situated 3 km northeast of Nafaq al Munīrah.
Nafaq al Munīrah
- Type: Tunnel
- Also known as: “Al Munīrah Tunnel” and “Nafaq al Munirah”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.07784° or 30° 4′ 40″ northLongitude
31.21367° or 31° 12′ 49″ eastElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
8G2H36H7+4FGeoNames ID
7927238
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In Other Languages
“Nafaq al Munīrah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نفق المنيرة”
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