Cairo West Power Plant
Cairo West Power Plant is a power station in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Cairo West Power Plant is situated nearby to the metro station Giza, as well as near the suburb Dokki.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coptic Museum and Hanging Church.
Coptic Museum
Museum
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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. Coptic Museum is situated 2 km east of Cairo West Power Plant.
Hanging Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Hanging Church is situated 2 km east of Cairo West Power Plant.
Giza
Metro station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giza and Old Cairo.
Giza
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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Dokki
Suburb
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Dokki is one of nine districts that make up Giza city, which is part of Greater Cairo, in Egypt. Dokki is situated on the western bank of the Nile, directly across from Downtown Cairo. Dokki is situated 3½ km north of Cairo West Power Plant.
Cairo West Power Plant
- Type: Power station
- Category: industry
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.00802° or 30° 0′ 29″ northLongitude
31.21102° or 31° 12′ 40″ eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
8G2H2656+6CGeoNames ID
8555993
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