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| Midan Tahrir Midan El Tahrir is the very centre of the modern city: big hotels, transport nexus and the Egyptian Museum, with downtown extending through Midan Talaat Harb up to Midan Ataba but midan tahrir now is very common due to the revolution at 25th of january that Ousted president mubark from the power. |
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| Midan Ramses Contains Cairo's main railway station and a burgeoning retail and accommodation zone. |
| Garden City A suburb close to the city centre and the Corniche el-Nil, a good option for centered accomodation. |
| Islamic Cairo The centre of historic Cairo, located east of downtown; contains the Citadel, Mohamed Ali Mosque, Khan el Khalili (the main bazaar or souq), historic mosques and medieval architecture, as well as some of Cairo's turkish baths or Hammams. |
| Old Cairo Located south of downtown, includes Coptic Cairo, Fustat (Cairo's historical kernel) and Rhoda Island. |
| Dokki and Mohandeseen Located on the west bank of the Nile, with upscale restaurants, shopping, and accommodation. |
| Gezira and Zamalek Upmarket suburb on the Gezira island in the Nile, with hotels, the Cairo Tower, the Opera House, as well as some nice shopping, restaurants, cafes, and accommodation. Also, is where the Gezira Sporting Club is located. |
| Giza Giza district is a sprawling western district of the city overlooking the Nile where the Giza Zoo is located as well as a few other attractions. Giza Governorate contains the Haram district where the Giza Pyramids are located. The Governorates of Cairo and Giza have more or less merged into the same city of Greater Cairo, although originally they were two different cities. The term Giza commonly refers to the district of Giza which is within Cairo, not the actual location of the pyramids! |
| Heliopolis and Nasr City The two of them are actually completely distinct areas. Heliopolis is an older district where well-to-do Egyptians and higher class people live, built by a Belgian architect. Nasr City is newer, and contains City Stars, Cairo's biggest and most modern shopping mall, and retail social complex. The airport is actually located a bit further east of this area out in the desert near Masaken Sheraton |
| Ma'adi A more quiet residential suburb catering to many foreign expatriates, located southeast of Cairo, where upper-class Egyptians live. |
