Downtown Cairo
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo. In addition to hosting the Egyptian Museum, Downtown is the convenient location of many smaller hotels, retail outlets, travel agencies and restaurants.Photo: Maher27777, Public domain.
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Tahrir Square
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tahrir Square, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt.
Egyptian Museum
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.
Abdin Palace
Photo: Néfermaât, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as Egypt's seat of government from 1874 until the July Revolution in 1952.
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.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Boulaq
Suburb
Photo: CaiEg, Public domain.
Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
Downtown Cairo
- Type: quarter
- Description: commercial district of Cairo, Egypt
- Location: Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Lower Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.0475° or 30° 2' 51" northLongitude
31.2383° or 31° 14' 18" eastOpen Location Code
8G2H26WQ+X8Wikidata ID
Q2933230Downtown Cairo Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: وسط البلد
- Arabic: وسط القاهرة
- Arabic: وسط القاهره
- Chinese: 开罗市中心
- Chinese: 開羅市中心
- Egyptian Arabic: وسط القاهره
- French: Centre-ville du Caire
- French: Le Caire khédivial
- German: Downtown
- German: Kairo Downtown
- Hindi: काहिरा नगर क्षेत्र
- Irish: Gnócheantar Chaireo
- Japanese: カイロ中心市街地
- Japanese: ダウンタウン・カイロ
- Persian: مرکز شهر قاهره
- Persian: وسط القاهره
- Russian: Центральный Каир
- Scots: Dountoun Cairo
- Swedish: Centrala Kairo
- Urdu: وسط البلد قاہرہ
Localities in the Area
- Bab El LoukNeighbourhood
- Bab al-LouqSuburb
- Al IsmaliaNeighbourhood
- MaaroufNeighbourhood
- Arab LeagueLocality
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Downtown Cairo. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.