Cotton Towers

Cotton Towers is a locality in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. Cotton Towers is situated nearby to the locality Al Safwa Towers, as well as near the neighborhood Ezbet Saad.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Alexandria National Museum.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Library

Photo: René Dinkel, CC0.

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria, once one of the largest libraries worldwide, which was lost in antiquity. Bibliotheca Alexandrina is situated 3½ km west of Cotton Towers.

Alexandria National Museum

Museum

Photo: Summering2018, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Alexandria National Museum is a museum in Alexandria, Egypt. It was inaugurated the 31 December 2003 by Hosni Mubarak and it is located in a renovated Italian style palace in Tariq Al-Horreya Street. Alexandria National Museum is situated 3½ km southwest of Cotton Towers.

Gamal Abd El Nasser Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Abdelrhman 1990, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sidi Gaber and Kafr Abdo.

Sidi Gaber

Neighborhood

Photo: Maher27777, Public domain.

Sidi Gaber is a neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt. The interior section of the neighborhood contains the Sidi Gaber railway station, the main rail entry point to Alexandria for most travelers.

Kafr Abdo

Neighborhood

Photo: Wing045, Public domain.

Kafr Abdu is an affluent neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. The neighborhood mainly houses wealthy Egyptians, as well as foreigners living in Alexandria.

Fleming

Neighborhood

Fleming is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. Fleming is situated 2½ km northeast of Cotton Towers.

Cotton Towers

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Al Qotn Towers”, “Cotton Towers Smouha”, “ابراج القطن سموحة”, “عمائر القطن”, “عمارات القطن”, “عماير القطن”, “مباني القطن”, and “مساكن القطن”
Location: Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

31.21374° or 31° 12′ 50″ north

Longitude

29.94656° or 29° 56′ 48″ east

Open location code

8G3F6W7W+FJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1559834937

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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In Other Languages

“Cotton Towers” goes by many names.

Arabic: “ابراج القطن”

Localities in the Area

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