Tahrir Square
Tahrir Square, also known as "Martyr Square", is a major public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, commonly known as simply the Egyptian Museum, located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Egyptian Museum is situated 410 metres northwest of Tahrir Square.Cairo Tower
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo Tower is situated 1 km west of Tahrir Square.
Talat Harb Square
Photo: Mohamed Ouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Talat Harb Square is situated 440 metres northeast of Tahrir Square.
Localities in the Area
Bab al-Louq
Bab al-Louq is a neighborhood in downtown Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there.Downtown Cairo
Photo: Maher27777, Public domain.
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo.
Boulaq
Photo: CaiEg, Public domain.
Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
Tahrir Square
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: public town square in Downtown Cairo, Egypt
- Categories: square and tourism
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04451° or 30° 2' 40" northLongitude
31.23573° or 31° 14' 9" eastElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open Location Code
8G2H26VP+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 6690779359OpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6955473Wikidata ID
Q12061Tahrir Square Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: ميدان التحرير
- Arabic: التحرير
- Armenian: Թահրիր հրապարակ
- Azerbaijani: Təhrir meydanı
- Basque: Tahrir plaza
- Bengali: তাহরির চত্বর
- Bengali: তাহরির স্কয়ার
- Bulgarian: Тахрир
- Catalan: Plaça Tahrir
- Catalan: plaça Tahrir
- Central Kurdish: گۆڕەپانی تەحریر
- Chinese: 解放广场
- Czech: Náměstí Osvobození
- Danish: Tahrir-pladsen
- Dutch: Tahrirplein
- Egyptian Arabic: ميدان التحرير
- English: Cairo/Midan Tahrir
- English: El Tahrir Square
- English: Martyrs Square
- Esperanto: Placo de Liberiĝo
- Esperanto: Tahrir
- Estonian: Taḩrīri väljak
- Finnish: Tahririn aukio
- French: Place Tahrir
- French: place Tahrir
- German: Al-Tahrir-Platz
- German: At-Tahrir-Platz
- German: Midan Tahrir
- German: Midan at-Tahrir
- German: Platz der Befreiung
- German: Qasr el-Nil
- German: Qasr en-Nil
- German: Tachrir-Platz
- German: Tahrir
- German: Tahrir-Platz
- German: Tahrir Square
- German: Taḥrīr-Platz
- Greek: Πλατεία Ταχρίρ
- Hebrew: כיכר א-תחריר
- Hebrew: כיכר תחריר
- Hindi: तहरीर चौक
- Hungarian: Felszabadulás tér (Kairó)
- Hungarian: Tahrír tér (Kairó)
- Hungarian: Tahrír tér
- Indonesian: Alun-alun Tahrir
- Irish: Cearnóg Tahrir
- Italian: Piazza Tahrir
- Italian: piazza Tahrir
- Japanese: タハリール広場
- Japanese: タフリール広場
- Japanese: 解放広場
- Korean: 타흐리르 광장
- Lithuanian: Tahriro aikštė
- Malayalam: തഹ്രീർ ചത്വരം
- Malayalam: തഹ്രീർ ചത്വരം
- Manx: Kerrin Tahrir
- Norwegian: Tahrirplassen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tahrirplassen
- Panjabi: ਤਹਿਰੀਰ ਚੌਕ
- Persian: میدان تحریر
- Polish: Majdan at-Tahrir
- Polish: Midan Tahrir
- Portuguese: Cairo/Midan Tahrir
- Portuguese: Midan Tahrir
- Portuguese: Praça Tahrir
- Romanian: Piața Tahrir
- Russian: Площадь Исмаилия
- Russian: Площадь Тахрир
- Russian: Площадь освобождения
- Scots: Tahrir Square
- Serbian: Трг Тахрир
- Slovenian: Trg Tahrir
- Spanish: Plaza de la Liberacion
- Spanish: Plaza de la Liberación
- Swedish: Befrielsetorget
- Swedish: Tahrirtorget
- Tamil: தஹ்ரீர் சதுக்கம்
- Thai: จัตุรัสทาห์รีร์
- Turkish: Tahrir Meydanı
- Ukrainian: Мідан Тахрір
- Urdu: تحریر چوک
- Vietnamese: Quảng trường Tahrir
- Western Panjabi: تحریر چوک
- Тахрір
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Localities
- Al IsmaliaNeighbourhood
- El DawadinNeighbourhood
- Qasr Al DoubaraNeighbourhood
- Bab El LoukNeighbourhood
- Abd el Moniem Riad SquareHamlet
- MaaroufNeighbourhood
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