Gezira
Gezira is a suburb in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Gezira is situated nearby to the neighborhood Omar El Khayam, as well as near Al Agouza.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gezira and Cairo Tower.
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.
Cairo Tower
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The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. 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.
Egyptian Museum
Museum
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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum and also called the Cairo Museum or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is a national history museum in Cairo, Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairo and Arab League.
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.
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.
Zamalek
Suburb
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Zamalek is a qism within the West District in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, with the bahr al-a'ma cut during the second half of the 19th Century to separate it from the west bank proper.
Gezira
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05035° or 30° 3′ 1″ northLongitude
31.22303° or 31° 13′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8G2H362F+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 13800619989OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Gezira” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجزيرة”
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Localities in the Area
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