North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Al-Nour

The Al-Nour Mosque is a in , , . It is among the landmarks of the neighborhood and the largest mosques in the city with several different halls for multi-purposes.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al-Nour Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saffaron Palace and Police Academy Stadium.

Building
Photo: Ashashyou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Saffron Palace is located in the capital of , near at Khalifa Maʽmon Road. Now it is inside the main campus of Ain Shams University. is situated 210 metres northeast of Al-Nour.

Stadium
is a football stadium in , Cairo, Egypt. It is the home stadium for Ittihad El Shorta and for El Dakhleya since the 2017–18 season. is situated 1 km southeast of Al-Nour.

Mosque
Photo: Nableezy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a in , . The mosque is known for containing the mausoleum of Gamal Abdel Nasser. is situated 1½ km northeast of Al-Nour.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hadaiq el Qubbah and Garden City.

Hamlet
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Hadaek al-Qubbah is a district in the Northern Area of , .

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a well-planned and leafy district of central , immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are and . is situated 3 km southwest of Al-Nour.

Al-Nour

Latitude
30.07527° or 30° 4′ 31″ north
Longitude
31.28294° or 31° 16′ 59″ east
Height
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
8G2H37GM+45
Open­Street­Map ID
way 36775739
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q12242788
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Nour” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “النور”
  • Arabic: “مسجد النور”
  • Bengali: “আন-নূর মসজিদ (কায়রো)”
  • Bengali: “আন-নূর মসজিদ”
  • Chinese: “努尔清真寺”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد النور (القاهره)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد النور”
  • Japanese: “アンヌールモスク (カイロ)”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Аль-Нур (Каїр)”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Аль-Нур”
  • Urdu: “مسجد النور (قاہرہ)”
  • Urdu: “مسجد النور”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Nur masjidi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Al-Nour”. Photo: Mo7amedsalim, CC BY-SA 3.0.