Al Daher

Al-Daher 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 .
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  • 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.

Hospital
The is a in , Egypt.

Railway station
, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of , . The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by Nasser on the square there in 1955.

Mosque
, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a in , Egypt in the . 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.

is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Suburb
, is a district of , in . It neighbours , Azbakeya, and the River Nile.

Suburb
is a suburb.

Al Daher

Latitude
30.06208° or 30° 3′ 44″ north
Longitude
31.25437° or 31° 15′ 16″ east
Open location code
8G2H3763+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 704372303
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data 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

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Roassa‘ Al-Malaeka Church and Armenian Cathedral.

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