Gezira
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Cairo Tower
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The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt.
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.Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Photo: Marsupium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is a government office.
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.
Downtown Cairo
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo.
Dokki and Mohandiseen
Dokki and Mohandiseen are districts in Giza suburb on the west bank of the Nile River, part of Greater Cairo.Gezira
- Type: Locality with 17,400 residents
- Description: island in the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt
- Categories: river island and neighbourhood
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05492° or 30° 3' 18" northLongitude
31.22211° or 31° 13' 20" eastPopulation
17,400Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open Location Code
8G2H363C+XRGeoNames ID
361006Wikidata ID
Q512874Gezira Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: الجزيرة
- Armenian: Գեզիրա (Կահիրե)
- Armenian: Գեզիրա
- Cebuano: Jazīrat az Zamālik
- Chinese: 格吉拉岛
- Chinese: 格吉拉島
- Dutch: Gezira
- Egyptian Arabic: الجزيره
- English: Gezira Island
- Esperanto: Gezira Insulo
- French: Guézireh
- French: Île de Gezira
- French: île de Gezira
- French: île de Ǧazīraẗ
- German: Gazīra
- German: Gezira
- German: al-Dschazira
- German: al-Gazira
- German: el-Gezira
- Greek: Γκεζίρα
- Greek: Νήσος Γκεζίρα
- Hebrew: ג'זירה
- Irish: El-Gezira
- Irish: Oileán Gezira
- Italian: Gezira
- Japanese: ゲジラ島
- Japanese: ゲズィーラ島
- Polish: Gezira
- Portuguese: Cairo/Gezira
- Portuguese: Gezira
- Russian: Гезира
- Somali: Jasiira (Qaahiro)
- Somali: Jasiira
- Spanish: Isla Gezira
- Swedish: Gezira
- Ukrainian: Гезіра
- Urdu: جزیرہ (قاہرہ)
- Urdu: جزیرہ
- Al Jazirah
- Al Jazīrah
- El-Gezîra
- Gazîra
- Gezira island
- Gezireh
- Ghezireh
Other Places Named Gezira
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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 Gezira. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.