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Gezira (Cairo)

Island in the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt

Field	Value
name	Gezira
native_name	الجزيره
native_name_lang	arz
translit_lang1	Egyptian Arabic
translit_lang1_type	Common
translit_lang1_info	El-Gezira
settlement_type	District
image_caption	Aerial view of Gezira Island looking south, with the Zamalek district, surrounded by the Nile.
image_map	Ile de Gezira.jpg
mapsize	240px
map_caption	Map of Gezira
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Egypt
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Cairo
unit_pref	Metric
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
timezone_DST	EEST
utc_offset_DST	+3

Zamalek Arial.jpg

Gezira is an island in the Nile, in central Cairo, Egypt. The southern portion of the island contains the Gezira district, and the northern third contains the Zamalek district. Gezira is the Egyptian Arabic word for island. Gezira is west of downtown Cairo and Tahrir Square, connected across the Nile by four bridges each on the east and west sides, the Qasr El Nil Bridge, 15 May Bridge, Al-Gala'a Bridge and 6th October Bridge.

Under 19th century ruler Khedive Ismail the island was first called "Jardin des Plantes" (French for "Garden of Plants"), because of its great collection of exotic plants shipped from all over the world.

Landmarks

Cairo Tower (1960), the tallest concrete structure in Egypt, built near the Gezira Sporting Club.
Egyptian Opera House (1988), built near the Cairo Tower.
El Sawy Culture Wheel Centre (2003) (), located beneath 15 May Bridge in Zamalek, one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt.
Gezira Sporting Club (1882), the oldest club in Egypt.
Al Ahly SC main branch, founded in 1907 by Omar Lotfi as a gathering place for student unions against the British Occupation.

Education

Schools on the island include:

Lycée Français du Caire Zamalek Primary Campus
Pakistan International School Cairo in Zamalek
Previously, the British International School in Cairo (BISC) in Zamalek

Sports

Gezira Island is home to the basketball club Al Gezira Cairo, 2017 Champion of the Egyptian Basketball Super League.

Al Ahly SC is located on Gezira island.

The 1947 Grand Prix motor racing series included the Gezira Grand Prix, the only Grand Prix race staged in Egypt.

Gallery

File:CH-NB Photoglob-Wehrli EAD-WEHR-32043-B.tiff|Gezira (on the left) in 1904 File:Gardens of Gezira Island.jpg|El Gezira Gardens File:Egypt-2A-010 - Cairo (2217349050).jpg|Cairo Tower with Al-Gala Bridge File:Beauty Of Egypt.JPG|Southern tip of Gezira Island Cairo, Nile River, Gezira Island, Egypt.jpg|El Gezira Tower

References

Team, Almaany. "جزيرة In English - Translation and Meaning in English Arabic Dictionary of All terms Page 1".
"Zamalek Today". e-dar.com.
Samir Raafat. (16 August 1997). "The Cairo Tower". egy.com.
(30 January 2007). "Egypt hosts London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time in the region". Albawaba News.
(2009-03-17). "El Sawy Culturewheel in Egypt: From a place for beggars to a resort for intellectuals". [[CNN]].
Helmy, Heba. "Four clubs, four communities: The Gezira Sporting Club". egyptindependent.com.
link. (28 January 2015 ." [[Lycée Français du Caire]]. Retrieved on 23 January 2015. "Zamalek Site primaire 8, rue Ibn Zanki")
[https://m.facebook.com/pakistanschoolcairo/ Official public page] at [[Facebook]]. [[Pakistan International School Cairo]]. Retrieved on 12 January 2017. "Taha Hussain Street, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt"—[http://pakistanschool.edu.eg/Contact-Us/ Map] {{Webarchive. link. (18 February 2020 which shows location on Gezirah Island)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20010124022300/http://www.bisc.edu.eg/ Home]. British International School in Cairo. 24 January 2001. Retrieved on 19 July 2018. "Our physical address is: 5 El Yemeni Street Zamalek Cairo Egypt"

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