Al Daher
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. 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 Sakakini and Abbassia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: district of Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “Al-Daher”, “Daher”, “Daher, Cairo”, “Daher, Egypt”, “El Daher”, “El Daher, Egypt”, “El Zaher”, and “El-Zahir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Coptic Hospital and Ramses Railway Station.
Coptic Hospital
Hospital
Photo: ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, CC0.
The Coptic Hospital is a hospital in Cairo, Egypt.
Ramses Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ramses Railway Station, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by Nasser on the square there in 1955.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Boulaq.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Boulaq
Suburb
Photo: iyasser .com, CC BY 2.0.
Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
Al Daher
- Categories: sheyakha, residential area, and locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.06208° or 30° 3′ 44″ northLongitude
31.25437° or 31° 15′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8G2H3763+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 704372303OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q4118662
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Al Daher” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الظاهر”
- Arabic: “حي الظاهر”
- Arabic: “شياخة الظاهر”
- Dutch: “Daher”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حى الظاهر”
- Irish: “Daher”
- Russian: “Эз-Захир”
- Spanish: “Aẓ-Ẓāhir”
- Swedish: “Daher”
- Ukrainian: “Аз-Загір”
- Ukrainian: “Аз-Захір”
- Urdu: “الظاہر”
- Urdu: “ظاہر، قاہرہ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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