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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rawda Island canonical 1
Rawda Island area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
populated place
river island
adjacentTo Manial Island (to the north, across a channel)
Rhoda district
connectsArea Giza west bank
linked to: Giza

Old Cairo
linked to: Coptic Cairo
coordinateLocation 30.016°N 31.225°E
country Egypt
crossedBy El-Malek El-Saleh Bridge
Manasterly Bridge
hasFunction historical water-level measurement site
residential area
tourist attraction
hasHeritage Islamic architecture
medieval hydraulic engineering
hasLandmark Manasterly Palace
Nilometer Museum
Roda Nilometer
hasPart Roda Nilometer
hasTransportation road bridges
hasViewOf Cairo skyline
Giza west bank
linked to: Giza
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
Nile River
linked to: Nile
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Cairo Governorate
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt
Middle East
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
locatedNear Giza
Manial district
Old Cairo
linked to: Coptic Cairo
locatedOnWaterway main course of the Nile in Cairo
nativeNameLanguage ar
nearbyWaterBody Nile River
linked to: Nile
partOf Nile Valley
river Nile
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roda Island hasAlternativeName Rawda Island
Roda Island area of Cairo alsoKnownAs Rawda Island area
linked to: Rawda Island