Boulaq
Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.Photo: CaiEg, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Egyptian Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world.Tahrir Square
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Tahrir Square, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt.
Localities in the Area
Cairo
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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.
Gezira
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Gezira is a district of modern Cairo that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, gezira means "island" in Arabic.
Downtown Cairo
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo.
Boulaq
- Type: Suburb with 99,400 residents
- Description: urban district of Cairo, Egypt
- Categories: sheyakha and locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.05919° or 30° 3' 33" northLongitude
31.23418° or 31° 14' 3" eastPopulation
99,400Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open Location Code
8G2H365M+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 317193944OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
358683Wikidata ID
Q1003523Boulaq Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Būlāq
- Arabic: بولاق
- Arabic: بولاق أبو العلا
- Arabic: حي بولاق
- Armenian: Բուլաք
- Catalan: Bulak
- Catalan: Bulaq
- Catalan: Khalidj al-nasiri
- Chinese: 布拉克
- Czech: Búlaq
- Dutch: Bulaq
- Egyptian Arabic: بولاق ابو العلا
- English: Boulak
- English: Bulaq
- Finnish: Bulaq
- French (Historic): Boulâq
- French: Boulaq
- French: Bûlâq
- Georgian: ბულაკი
- German: Bulak
- German: Bulaq
- German: Būlāq
- Irish: Bulaq
- Italian: Bulaq
- Japanese: ブーラーク
- Korean: 불라크
- Norwegian: Boulaq
- Norwegian Bokmål: Boulaq
- Persian: بولاق
- Polish: Bulak
- Polish: Bulaq
- Portuguese: Beaulac
- Portuguese: Boulaq
- Portuguese: Bulak
- Portuguese: Bulaq
- Portuguese: Bulaque
- Russian: Булак (гавань)
- Russian: Булак (район Каира)
- Russian: Булак
- Spanish: Beaulac
- Spanish: Boulaq
- Spanish: Bulak
- Spanish: Bulaq
- Swedish: Boulaq
- Ukrainian: Булак (Каїр)
- Urdu: بولاق
- Uzbek: Buloq (Qohira)
- Uzbek: Buloq
- Boulac
- Bulac
- Bulaq Abu al `Ila
- Būlāq Abū al ‘Ilā
Localities in the Area
- El Sheikh FarragNeighbourhood
- El SandabisyNeighbourhood
- Al AadawyyaNeighbourhood
- Darb NasrNeighbourhood
- El ElemyNeighbourhood
Landmarks in the Area
- Church of Carmelite Lady for Franciscan PadresChurch
- Santa DemianaChurch
- مسجد الصحافةMosque
- Turgoman Bus StationBus station
- Museum of VehiclesMuseum
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