Tura

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Tura is a district in southern Cairo, Egypt, historically known for its limestone quarries used in ancient Egyptian monuments.

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Tura canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
populated place
administrativeDivisionOf Cairo Governorate
continent Africa
country Egypt
geologicalFeature limestone plateau
hasIndustrialActivity cement production
stone quarrying
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite Tura quarries
surface form: Tura limestone quarries

ancient quarry galleries
historicalPeriod Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
knownFor ancient Egyptian stone quarrying
limestone quarries
languageUsed Arabic
locatedIn Cairo
Cairo Governorate
locatedInCountry Egypt
surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt
locatedInRegion southern Cairo
locatedNear Nile
surface form: Nile River
locatedNorthOf Helwan
locatedSouthOf Cairo east bank
surface form: central Cairo
materialProduced limestone
partOf Greater Cairo
Memphis necropolis
surface form: Memphis region (ancient)
quarriesUsedFor ancient Egyptian temples
pharaonic monuments
pyramids at Giza
religionMajority Islam
timeZone Eastern European Time
usedFor construction stone
utcOffset +2
utcOffsetDST +3

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Helwan locatedNear Tura