Gezira
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 17,400 residents
- Description: island in the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Jazirah”, “Al Jazīrah”, “El Zamalek”, “El-Gezîra”, “Gazîra”, “Gezira island”, “Gezira Island”, “Gezireh”, “Ghezireh”, and “Zamalek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cairo Tower and Egyptian Museum.
Cairo Tower
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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.
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.
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Government office
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Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is a government office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairo and Downtown Cairo.
Cairo
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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.
Downtown Cairo
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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.
Dokki and Mohandiseen
Dokki and Mohandiseen are districts in Giza suburb on the west bank of the Nile River, part of Greater Cairo.
Gezira
- Categories: river island and neighborhood
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Gezira” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجزيرة”
- 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”
- 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”
- 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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