Tora

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Tora is a district in southern Cairo, Egypt, known historically for its limestone quarries and for housing several major prisons.

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Tora canonical 3

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Cairo Governorate ⓘ
category Districts of Cairo ⓘ
Prisons in Egypt ⓘ
Quarries in Egypt ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
hasFunction industrial area ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
hasInfrastructure prison facilities ⓘ
quarry sites ⓘ
hasPart Tora Agricultural Prison ⓘ
linked to: Tora Liman Prison

Tora Istiqbal Prison ⓘ
linked to: Tora Prison complex

Tora Liman Prison ⓘ
Tora Maximum Security Prison ⓘ
linked to: Tora Liman Prison

Tora Prison complex ⓘ
historicalActivity stone quarrying ⓘ
knownFor limestone quarries ⓘ
prisons ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
localNameLanguage ar ⓘ
locatedIn Cairo ⓘ
locatedInGovernorate Cairo Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern Cairo ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Helwan ⓘ
Maadi ⓘ
Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
materialProduced Tura limestone ⓘ
partOf Greater Cairo ⓘ
timePeriodOfQuarryUse Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Pharaonic era ⓘ
usedFor building stone for ancient Egyptian monuments ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

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