Mokattam (Cairo)
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Kairo /
Cairo
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/ Egypt
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/ Cairo
, 7 km from center (القاهرة)
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Al Mokattam District(also Mokattam Mountain, Mokattam Hills, and Muqattam) (Arabic: Al-Mokattam) is a hill and suburb of Cairo, Egypt. The name, which means "cut up" in Arabic, refers to the hill is divided into three parts. It lays to the east of Cairo, and in the past was an important source of limestone. Part of Mokattam Hills is an upscale suburb of Cairo.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokattam
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°0'51"N 31°18'10"E
- Nasr City 7.8 km
- Heliopolis 13 km
- Misr Al-Gadida 14 km
- Military District 26 km
- Madinaty district 30 km
- Abou Rawash Industrial City 33 km
- October Gardens 43 km
- Montaza 193 km
- West Alexandria 202 km
- El Ahiya 376 km
- Merchants area 0.6 km
- Upper Plateau 0.8 km
- Uptown Cairo 1 km
- Levana 1 km
- Diplomats area 1.3 km
- Central plateau 1.6 km
- Red Mountain 2.6 km
- Duwaiqah 2.9 km
- Nasr City 5.6 km
- Greater Cairo 12 km
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