Garden City
Garden City is a well-planned and leafy district of central Cairo, immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Nableezy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque is a mosque in Cairo. The mosque is known for containing the mausoleum of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Al-Nour
Mosque
Photo: Mo7amedsalim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Nour Mosque is a mosque in Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Saffaron Palace
Building
Photo: Ashashyou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Saffron Palace is located in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, near Abbassia at Khalifa Maʽmon Road.
Localities in the Area
Garden City
- Type: Locality with 340,000 residents
- Description: wealthy, residential district in Central Cairo
- Category: quarter
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.08843° or 30° 5' 18" northLongitude
31.28351° or 31° 17' 1" eastPopulation
340,000Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open Location Code
8G2H37QM+9CGeoNames ID
356436Wikidata ID
Q3269057Garden City Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: جاردن ستى
- Arabic: جاردن سيتي
- Arabic: حدائق القبة
- Dutch: Garden City
- Egyptian Arabic: حى جاردن سيتى
- English: Garden City, Cairo
- French: Garden City
- German: Garden City
- German: Garden City und Qaṣr ed-Dūbāra
- Irish: Cathair Ghairdíneach
- Italian: Garden City (Il Cairo)
- Japanese: ガーデンシティ
- Persian: گاردن سیتی
- Persian: گاردنسیتی
- Russian: Гарден Сити
- Spanish: Garden City
- Swedish: Garden City
- Urdu: گارڈن سٹی، قاہرہ
- Hada'iq al Qubbah
- Qubba Garden City
- Qubba Gardens
- Qubbah Gardens
- Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah
Other Places Named Garden City
Localities in the Area
- Al QobbaNeighbourhood
- East El Waily El KabirNeighbourhood
- Hada'ek Al KobbaNeighbourhood
- Mansheyet El SadrNeighbourhood
- Masaken Nasser HousingNeighbourhood
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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 Garden City. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.