Sphinx Square

Places of Interest Nearby

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 780 metres east of Sphinx Square.

Agricultural Museum

Park

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The Agricultural Museum is a museum in Giza, Egypt. Agricultural Museum is situated 1½ km south of Sphinx Square.

Places in the Area

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.

Dokki and Mohandiseen

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Dokki and Mohandiseen are districts in Giza suburb on the west bank of the Nile River, part of Greater Cairo.

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.

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