Maydān Amūn
Maydān Amūn is a square in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Maydān Amūn is situated nearby to the park Agricultural Museum, as well as near the suburb Zamalek.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gezira and Agricultural Museum.
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.
Agricultural Museum
Park
Photo: Amr F.Nagy, Public domain.
The Agricultural Museum is a museum in Giza, Egypt. Agricultural Museum is situated 1 km south of Maydān Amūn.
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 2 km southeast of Maydān Amūn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dokki and Mohandiseen and Zamalek.
Dokki and Mohandiseen
Dokki and Mohandiseen are districts in Giza suburb on the west bank of the Nile River, part of Greater 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
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.
Maydān Amūn
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “Amūn Square” and “Maydan Amun”
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.05452° or 30° 3′ 16″ northLongitude
31.208° or 31° 12′ 29″ eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8G2H3635+R5GeoNames ID
7929162
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In Other Languages
“Maydān Amūn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميدان أمون”
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