Roda Island
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Roda Island is a Nile island in central Cairo known for its historic neighborhoods and the Nilometer, an ancient structure used to measure the river’s water level.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
populated place
ⓘ
river island ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Cairo east bank
ⓘ
Gezira Island ⓘ Giza Governorate west bank ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Qasr El Nil Bridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Giza–Cairo bridges system
Manial Bridge ⓘ Qasr El Nil Bridge ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gezira Island
ⓘ
surface form:
El-Roda Island
Rawda Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArabicName |
El Gezira
ⓘ
surface form:
جزيرة الروضة
|
| hasCulturalSignificance | associated with Nile flood measurement and taxation in historic Egypt ⓘ |
| hasDistrict |
Al-Manial neighborhood
ⓘ
Roda neighborhood ⓘ |
| hasFunction | monitoring Nile flood levels (historically) ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | medieval hydraulic architecture ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Manial Palace Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Manial Palace
Nilometer of al-Mutawakkil ⓘ Roda Nilometer ⓘ |
| hasStructure | water-level measuring installations ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
river transport on the Nile
ⓘ
road bridges ⓘ |
| hasUse |
historical district
ⓘ
residential area ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ |
| isInhabited | true ⓘ |
| isUrban | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Islamic and Ottoman-era architecture
ⓘ
Roda Nilometer ⓘ historic neighborhoods ⓘ viewpoints over the Nile ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cairo
ⓘ
Greater Cairo metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Cairo
Nile ⓘ
surface form:
Nile River
|
| locatedInRiverSection | central Cairo reach of the Nile ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Eastern European Summer Time
ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cairo Governorate
ⓘ
Fustat ⓘ
surface form:
Old Cairo
|
| river | Nile ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.