Cairo Tower
The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. At 187 m, it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Ahmedsantos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: free-standing concrete tower in Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
- Address: البرج
Notable Places in the Area
Egyptian Museum
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 1 km east of Cairo Tower.
Tahrir Square
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tahrir Square, also known as "Martyr Square", is a major public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Tahrir Square is situated 1 km east of Cairo Tower.
Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum
Museum
Mukhtar Museum is a museum in Cairo, Egypt, housing the sculptures of Mahmoud Mokhtar. Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum is situated 610 metres south of Cairo Tower.
Localities in the Area
Gezira
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Downtown Cairo
Photo: Maher27777, Public domain.
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo.
Cairo Tower
- Categories: television tower, tower, building and tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04604° or 30° 2' 46" northLongitude
31.22431° or 31° 13' 28" eastElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Height
187 metres (614 feet)Open Location Code
8G2H26WF+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 767933342OpenStreetMap Feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
7923149Wikidata ID
Q614684Cairo Tower Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: برج القاهرة
- Azerbaijani: Qahirə qülləsi
- Belarusian: Каірская тэлевежа
- Chinese: 开罗塔
- Danish: Kairotårnet
- Dutch: Cairo Tower
- Egyptian Arabic: برج القاهره
- English: Borg Al-Qāhira
- French: Tour du Caire
- French: tour du Caire
- German: Fernsehturm Kairo
- Hebrew: מגדל קהיר
- Hindi: काहिरा मीनार
- Italian: Torre del Cairo
- Japanese: カイロ・タワー
- Korean: 카이로 타워
- Persian: برج قاهره
- Polish: Wieża Kairska
- Portuguese: Torre do Cairo
- Russian: Каирская телебашня
- Slovak: Burdž al-Káhira
- Spanish: Torre de El Cairo
- Spanish: Torre del Cairo
- Swedish: Kairotornet
- Tamil: கெய்ரோ கோபுரம்
- Turkish: Kahire Kulesi
- Ukrainian: Каїрська телевежа
- Urdu: برج قاہرہ
- Burj al Qahirah
- Burj al Qāhirah
In the Area
Localities
- Omar El KhayamNeighbourhood
- Soliman GoharNeighbourhood
- Qasr Al DoubaraNeighbourhood
- Abd el Moniem Riad SquareHamlet
- Al IsmaliaNeighbourhood
- Al AgouzaNeighbourhood
Other Places
- ك الزمالكSupermarket, 210 metres south
- Teachers' syndicateBuilding, 250 metres east
- Novotel Hotel Cairo El BorgHotel, 280 metres southeast
- Palace of ArtsBuilding, 320 metres southeast
- Opera CafeCoffeehouse, 320 metres southwest
- Saad ZaghloulWork of art, 400 metres southeast
Popular Destinations in Egypt
Escape to a Random Place
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Cairo Tower. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.