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 1

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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 Liman Prison
surface form: Tora Agricultural Prison

Tora Prison complex
surface form: Tora Istiqbal Prison

Tora Liman Prison
Tora Liman Prison
surface form: Tora Maximum Security 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
surface form: Nile River
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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