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The New Administrative Capital (NAC) [1] [2] (Arabic: العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة, romanized: al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Jadīda), is a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of Cairo City. It is planned to be Egypt's new capital and has been under construction since 2015. [3] It was announced by ...
This is list of the tallest buildings and structures in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. Skyscrapers and Towers under-construction MU10 Rank Name ...
Cairo. Population. (2023) • Total. 95,190. Time zone. UTC+2 (Egypt Standard Time) Maadi (Egyptian Arabic: المعادى el-Maʿādi [elmæˈʕæːdi]) is a leafy and once suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt, [1] on the east bank of the Nile about 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) upriver from downtown Cairo. The modern extensions ...
Nile Corniche. Cairo Metro, Anwar Sadat, Orabi, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and others. The Nile Corniche (Arabic: كورنيش النيل) [1] is a road that extends along the length of the Nile River in almost all of Egypt 's governorates and is one of the busiest streets in Cairo. It was established in 1955. [2][3][4]
New Heliopolis (Arabic: هليوبوليس الجديدة) is a large 5400 acre real estate development located in the satellite city of Shorouk, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Land for the development was allocated by the Presidential Decree 193/1995 to the Heliopolis Company for Housing and Development, [1] making it the company's largest land ...
The Qasaba of Radwan Bey is a souq and covered market in Cairo, Egypt, located directly south of the Bab Zuweila gate and just outside the historic walled city. Its dates to around 1650 CE, when its founder, Radwan Bey, initiated a series of constructions in this area. It is the only existing example of a historic covered market street in Cairo ...
Floor area. 1,500 square metres (16,000 sq ft) The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri (or Wikalat al-Ghuri, among other variations) is a caravanserai in medieval Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved examples of this type of building in Cairo.
The Sabu disk is an ancient Egyptian artifact from the First Dynasty, c. 3000 to 2800 BC. It was found in 1936 in the north of the Saqqara necropolis in mastaba S3111, the grave of the ancient Egyptian official Sabu after whom it is named. The function and meaning of the carefully crafted natural stone vessel are unclear.