Agouza
Agouza is one of nine municipal districts that form Giza city, which is part of the Greater Cairo metropolis, on the western bank of the river Nile. It is situated between 6th October Bridge and 15 May Bridge and south of Imbaba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 302,000 residents
- Description: one of nine municipal districts that form Giza city, Egypt
- Also known as: “Agouza, Giza, Egypt”, “ʻAgûza”, and “ʻAjūzah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Egyptian Museum and Cairo Tower.
Egyptian Museum
Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum and also called the Cairo Museum or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is the Egyptological museum which houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world, including over 170,000 items.
Cairo Tower
Photo: Mohamedusrii, CC BY 4.0.
The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. 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.
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Government office
Photo: Marsupium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is a government office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gezira and 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.
Dokki
Suburb
Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Agouza
- Categories: district, kism, and sheyakha
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Agouza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العجوزة”
- Arabic: “العجوزه”
- Arabic: “حي العجوزة”
- Arabic: “عجوزة”
- Basque: “Agouza”
- Danish: “Agouza”
- Dutch: “Agouza”
- Egyptian Arabic: “العجوزه”
- French: “Agouza”
- French: “al-Agouza”
- German: “Aguza”
- German: “al-Aguza”
- German: “al-ʿAgūza”
- German: “el-Aguza”
- German: “ʿAgūza”
- Irish: “Agouza”
- Russian: “Агуза”
- Spanish: “Al-‘Ajūzah”
- Spanish: “Al-’Ajūzah”
- Swedish: “Agouza”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mustashfá ash Shurţah and Mustashfá al ‘Ajūzah.
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