Sphinx Square
Sphinx Square is a square in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Sphinx Square is situated nearby to the arts center El-Sawy Cultural Wheel, as well as near the park Aquarium.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include El-Sawy Cultural Wheel and Agricultural Museum.
El-Sawy Cultural Wheel
Arts center
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 780 metres east of Sphinx Square.
Agricultural Museum
Park
Photo: Amr F.Nagy, Public domain.
The Agricultural Museum is a museum in Giza, Egypt. Agricultural Museum is situated 1½ km south of Sphinx Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dokki and Mohandiseen and Gezira.
Dokki and Mohandiseen
Dokki and Mohandiseen are districts in Giza suburb on the west bank of the Nile River, part of Greater Cairo.
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.
Cairo
Photo: Mario modesto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Sphinx Square
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “Maydan Sfinks” and “Maydān Sfinks”
- Category: locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.06092° or 30° 3′ 39″ northLongitude
31.20836° or 31° 12′ 30″ eastElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
8G2H3665+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 12995998682OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareGeoNames ID
7929123
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In Other Languages
“Sphinx Square” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميدان سفنكس”
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