Thakanat El-Maadi

Thakanat El-Maadi is a metro station in , . Thakanat El-Maadi is situated nearby to the government office , as well as near the community center .
  • Type: Metro station
  • Also known as: “Sakanat Al-Maadi”
  • Address: Cairo

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lycee Francais du Caire and Torah Mahkoum Prison.

School
Lycée Français du Caire is the French International School in , . It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad, an agency of the French government. is situated 470 metres east of Thakanat El-Maadi.

Prison
Photo: Mohamed Ouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tora Prison is an Egyptian prison complex for criminal and political detainees, located in Tora, Egypt. The complex is situated in front of the Tora El Balad metro station. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Thakanat El-Maadi.

Prison
The Al-Aqrab Prison is a supermax prison in , , south of . It is used for political prisoners and opponents of the Egyptian government, which includes Muslim Brotherhood and April 6 Youth Movement leaders, as well as political activists. is situated 2 km east of Thakanat El-Maadi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tummwah and Ma’adi.

Village
is a village in the in Egypt. Also spelled as "Tamwah", it is a Coptic old name that the village is keeping from the Old Egyptian name. According to the 2006 census, the village had 21,689 residents, 11,212 males and 10,477 females.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Ma'adi is a leafy and formerly suburban district of , south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile. Ma'adi was established in 1904, when a railway was built through the area to connect Cairo and Helwan to the south.

Village
Photo: Mohamed Ouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was the primary quarry for limestone in ancient Egypt. The site, which was known by the ancient Egyptians as Troyu or Royu, is located about halfway between modern-day and . is situated 2½ km southeast of Thakanat El-Maadi.

Thakanat El-Maadi

Latitude
29.95284° or 29° 57′ 10″ north
Longitude
31.26347° or 31° 15′ 49″ east
Wheelchair access
no
Operator
الهيئة القومية للأنفاق
Network
مترو أنفاق القاهرة
Open location code
7GXHX737+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316638736
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Thakanat El-Maadi” goes by many names.

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