The Octagon
The Octagon will be the new headquarters for the Egyptian Ministry of Defense, being a part of a much larger initiative of moving all governmental offices to the New Capital, Egypt.- Type: Government office
- Description: the new headquarters of Egypt ministry of Defense
- Also known as: “Ministry of Defence”, “State’s Strategic Leadership Centre”, and “The Octagon, Ministry of Defence”
The Octagon
- Categories: building, ministry, office, and government building
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.938° or 29° 56′ 17″ northLongitude
31.65403° or 31° 39′ 15″ eastOpen location code
7GXHWMQ3+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 859434000OpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentWikidata ID
Q97280156
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“The Octagon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأوكتاجون (مصر)”
- Arabic: “الأوكتاجون”
- Arabic: “القيادة الإستراتيجية المصرية”
- Arabic: “مركز قيادة الدولة الإستراتيجي (مصر)”
- Arabic: “مركز قيادة الدولة الإستراتيجي المصري”
- Arabic: “مركز قيادة الدولة الإستراتيجي”
- Asturian: “The Octagon”
- Chinese: “八角大楼”
- Chinese: “埃及八角大楼”
- Chinese: “开罗八角大楼”
- Czech: “Oktagon (Egypt)”
- French: “L’Octogone”
- German: “Octagon”
- Hebrew: “האוקטגון”
- Portuguese: “O Octógono”
- Russian: “Октагон (Египет)”
- Russian: “Октагон”
- Spanish: “El Octágono”
- Turkish: “Octagon (Mısır)”
- Turkish: “Oktagon”
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