Rhoda Island

Roda Island is an island neighbourhood in the Nile in central , alternatively or partially known as Manial al-Roda, or al-Manial, in reference to the main village that existed on the island before it was urbanised, and is part of the district.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: urban district
  • Also known as: “ar-Roda, ar-Rawda” and “Roda Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tahrir Square and Egyptian Museum.

Square
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, also known as Martyr Square, is a public in , , . It was first established in 1867. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations.

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.

Protected area
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, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into . It was built adjacent to what is now known as by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first built in Egypt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Cairo and Old Cairo.

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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.

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is the extensive district of southern from the southern boundary of down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.

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is a district of modern that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, means "island" in Arabic.

Rhoda Island

Latitude
30.0214° or 30° 1′ 17″ north
Longitude
31.2262° or 31° 13′ 35″ east
Population
13,200
Open location code
8G2H26CG+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24763856
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Wiki­data ID
Q1094123
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Rhoda Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الروضة”
  • Arabic: “الروضه”
  • Arabic: “المنيل”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الروضة”
  • Arabic: “منيل الروضة”
  • Arabic: “منيل”
  • Armenian: “Ռոդա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Roda adası”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Рода”
  • Belarusian: “Рода”
  • Bengali: “রওদা দ্বীপ”
  • Catalan: “Rawda”
  • Chinese: “劳代岛”
  • Chinese: “罗达岛”
  • Chinese: “羅達島”
  • Dutch: “Rhoda Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة الروضه”
  • French: “île de Roda”
  • French: “Île de Roda”
  • German: “ar-Rawda”
  • German: “ar-Roda”
  • German: “El-Manyal”
  • German: “Gazirat ar-Roda”
  • German: “Manyal”
  • German: “Roda”
  • German: “Rōḍa”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Ρόδα”
  • Hebrew: “רודה (אי)”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Roda”
  • Irish: “Oileán Rhoda”
  • Italian: “Isola di Roda”
  • Japanese: “ローダ島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhoda”
  • Persian: “جزیره روضه”
  • Polish: “Dżazirat ar-Rauda”
  • Polish: “Roda”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Roda”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Rhoda”
  • Russian: “Радах”
  • Russian: “Рода”
  • Scots: “Rhoda Island”
  • Spanish: “Isla Roda”
  • Swedish: “Rhoda”
  • Thai: “เกาะเราเฎาะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Roda adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Рода”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ روضہ”

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