Rawda Island

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Rawda Island is a Nile island in central Cairo, Egypt, known for its historic Nilometer and strategic location between the river’s banks.

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Rawda Island canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
populated place
river island
adjacentTo Manial Island (to the north, across a channel) NERFINISHED
Rhoda district NERFINISHED
connectsArea Giza west bank NERFINISHED
Old Cairo NERFINISHED
coordinateLocation 30.016°N 31.225°E
country Egypt
crossedBy El-Malek El-Saleh Bridge NERFINISHED
Manasterly Bridge NERFINISHED
hasFunction historical water-level measurement site
residential area
tourist attraction
hasHeritage Islamic architecture
medieval hydraulic engineering
hasLandmark Manasterly Palace NERFINISHED
Nilometer Museum NERFINISHED
Roda Nilometer NERFINISHED
hasPart Roda Nilometer NERFINISHED
hasTransportation road bridges
hasViewOf Cairo skyline NERFINISHED
Giza west bank NERFINISHED
knownFor Islamic-era hydraulic architecture
historic Nilometer
strategic location in the Nile
languageUsed Arabic
locatedBetween eastern bank of the Nile at Old Cairo
western bank of the Nile at Giza
locatedIn Cairo
Greater Cairo NERFINISHED
Nile River NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Cairo Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt NERFINISHED
Middle East NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
locatedNear Giza NERFINISHED
Manial district NERFINISHED
Old Cairo NERFINISHED
locatedOnWaterway main course of the Nile in Cairo
nativeNameLanguage ar
nearbyWaterBody Nile River NERFINISHED
partOf Nile Valley NERFINISHED
river Nile NERFINISHED
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism

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Roda Island hasAlternativeName Rawda Island