North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Iconic Tower

The Iconic Tower is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in the of . With a total structural height of almost 400 metres, it is both the tallest building and the tallest structure in Africa.
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  • Type: Commercial building
  • Description: skyscraper in New Administrative Capital of Egypt, tallest building in Egypt and Africa since 2021
  • Also known as: “The Iconic Tower”
  • Address: The new administrative Capital

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Administrative Capital.

Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain.
is the current official name for the new capital of Egypt, 45 km east of Cairo in . The city will reportedly be named Wedian, the plural form of wadi which means dry riverbed.

Iconic Tower

Latitude
30.01274° or 30° 0′ 46″ north
Longitude
31.69385° or 31° 41′ 38″ east
Levels
77
Height
394 metres (1,293 feet)
Open location code
8G2H2M7V+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 819256088
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Wiki­data ID
Q102281065
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Iconic Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البرج الأيقوني”
  • Arabic: “برج الأيقوني”
  • Bengali: “আইকনিক টাওয়ার (মিশর)”
  • Bengali: “আইকনিক টাওয়ার”
  • Chinese: “标志塔”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البرج الايقونى”
  • French: “Iconic Tower”
  • German: “Iconic Tower”
  • Hebrew: “המגדל האייקוני”
  • Italian: “Iconic Tower (Egitto)”
  • Italian: “Iconic Tower”
  • Japanese: “アイコニックタワー”
  • Korean: “아이코닉 타워”
  • Persian: “برج ایکونیک”
  • Portuguese: “Iconic Tower”
  • Russian: “Iconic Tower”
  • Spanish: “Iconic Tower”
  • Thai: “ไอคอนิก ทาวเวอร์”
  • Turkish: “Iconic Tower”

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