Downtown Cairo
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo. In addition to hosting the Egyptian Museum, Downtown is the convenient location of many smaller hotels, retail outlets, travel agencies and restaurants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Egyptian Museum and El Tahrir Square.
Egyptian Museum
Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world.
El Tahrir Square
Park
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Tahrir Square, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations.
Abdin Palace
Photo: Néfermaât, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the July Revolution in 1952.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gezira and Islamic Cairo.
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.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Arab League
Locality
The Arab League, officially the League of Arab States, is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Yemen.
Downtown Cairo
- Type: quarter
- Description: commercial district of Cairo, Egypt
- Location: Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Lower Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.0475° or 30° 2′ 51″ northLongitude
31.2383° or 31° 14′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8G2H26WQ+X8Wikidata ID
Q2933230
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Satellite Map
Discover Downtown Cairo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Downtown Cairo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وسط البلد”
- Arabic: “وسط القاهرة”
- Arabic: “وسط القاهره”
- Chinese: “开罗市中心”
- Chinese: “開羅市中心”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وسط القاهره”
- French: “Centre-ville du Caire”
- French: “Le Caire khédivial”
- German: “Downtown”
- German: “Kairo Downtown”
- Hindi: “काहिरा नगर क्षेत्र”
- Irish: “Gnócheantar Chaireo”
- Japanese: “カイロ中心市街地”
- Japanese: “ダウンタウン・カイロ”
- Persian: “مرکز شهر قاهره”
- Persian: “وسط القاهره”
- Russian: “Центральный Каир”
- Scots: “Dountoun Cairo”
- Spanish: “centro de El Cairo”
- Spanish: “Centro de El Cairo”
- Swedish: “Centrala Kairo”
- Ukrainian: “Центр Каїру”
- Ukrainian: “Центральний Каїр”
- Urdu: “وسط البلد قاہرہ”
- “Wust al Balad”
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