Gezira

Gezira is a district of modern that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, gezira means "island" in Arabic.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Jazirah”, “Al Jazīrah”, “El Zamalek”, “El-Gezîra”, “Ez Zamālik, Geziret al Zamalik, Jazirat al Zamalik”, “Gazîra”, “Gezira island”, “Gezira Island”, “Gezira-Zamalek”, “Gezireh”, “Gezîret el-Zamâlik, Geziret al Zamalik, Jazirat al Zamalik”, “Ghezireh”, and “Zamalek”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cairo Tower and Egyptian Museum.

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The is a free-standing concrete in , . 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.

Museum
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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the and also called the Cairo Museum or the in Cairo, is a national history museum in , Egypt.

Museum
The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in 's , which is used as the Egypt's first ceramics museum, the and as an art center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cairo and Downtown Cairo.

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is the capital of and, with a total population of Greater metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both and the .

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is the commercial heart of the modern city of . In addition to hosting the Egyptian Museum, Downtown is the convenient location of many smaller hotels, retail outlets, travel agencies and restaurants.

Locality
The , officially the League of Arab States, is a regional organization in the Arab world. The was formed in on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, , , Syria, and North Yemen.

Gezira

Latitude
30.05594° or 30° 3′ 21″ north
Longitude
31.22197° or 31° 13′ 19″ east
Population
17,400
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
8G2H364C+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42409050
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
361006
Wiki­data ID
Q512874
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Gezira” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الزمالك”
  • Armenian: “Գեզիրա”
  • Cebuano: “Jazīrat az Zamālik”
  • Chinese: “格吉拉岛”
  • Chinese: “格吉拉島”
  • Dutch: “Gezira”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجزيره”
  • Esperanto: “Gezira Insulo”
  • French: “Guézireh”
  • French: “île de Ǧazīraẗ”
  • French: “île de Gezira”
  • French: “Île de Gezira”
  • German: “al-Dschazira”
  • German: “al-Gazira”
  • German: “el-Gezira”
  • German: “Gazīra”
  • German: “Gezira”
  • Greek: “Γκεζίρα”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Γκεζίρα”
  • Hausa: “Gezira (Alkahira)”
  • Hausa: “Gezira”
  • Hebrew: “ג’זירה”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Gezirah”
  • Irish: “El-Gezira”
  • Irish: “Oileán Gezira”
  • Italian: “Gezira”
  • Japanese: “ゲジラ島”
  • Japanese: “ゲズィーラ島”
  • Polish: “Gezira-Az-Zamalik”
  • Polish: “Gezira”
  • Portuguese: “Cairo/Gezira”
  • Portuguese: “Gezira”
  • Russian: “Гезира”
  • Somali: “Jasiira (Qaahiro)”
  • Somali: “Jasiira”
  • Spanish: “Isla Gezira”
  • Swedish: “Gezira”
  • Ukrainian: “Гезіра”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ (قاہرہ)”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ”

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