El Sahel
El-Sahel of Cairo is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It used to form part of a larger district of Shubra that was established as a garden suburb of Cairo in the 19th century until it was subdivided in 1988 into the districts of al-Sahel, Rod El Farag, and Shubra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ramses Railway Station and Rawd El-Farag.
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 former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser on the square there in 1955. Ramses Railway Station is situated 3½ km south of El Sahel.
Apostolic Nunciature
Government office
The Apostolic Nunciature to Egypt is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Egypt. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. Apostolic Nunciature is situated 3½ km southwest of El Sahel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boulaq and Al Daher.
Boulaq
Suburb
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Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile. Boulaq is situated 3½ km south of El Sahel.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
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. Al Daher is situated 3½ km southeast of El Sahel.
Cairo
Photo: Mario modesto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East.
El Sahel
- Type: Neighborhood with 342,000 residents
- Description: geographical object
- Categories: sheyakha, residential area, and locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.09203° or 30° 5′ 31″ northLongitude
31.23752° or 31° 14′ 15″ eastPopulation
342,000Open location code
8G2H36RQ+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 704920022OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q627248
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