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Cairo Metro Line 3
Cairo Metro Line 3 is a main line of the Cairo Metro mass transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. Currently, the line connects Kit Kai in west-central Cairo with Al Salam bus stop at a station named Adly Mansour metro station. The line crosses the River Nile twice at the western branch between Kit Kat and Zamalek and the eastern branch between Zamalek and downtown Cairo. The line will eventually extend from the northwest of the Greater Cairo area at Imbaba to the northeast serving Cairo International Airport. The total length of the line will be approximately 30.6 km of which 28.1 km is an underground section and the rest of the line about 2.5 km shall be on grade and will be implemented in four phases. The project includes a main workshop adjacent to the western terminal of the line and a light repair workshop at the middle of the line at Abbassia station. The line will use trains manufactured in Japan by Kinki Sharyo Co. and Toshiba Corp. Caire Metro Line 3 is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiba
, commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard disk drives (HDD), printers, batteries, lighting, as well as IT solutions such as quantum cryptography which has been in development at Cambridge Research Laboratory, Toshiba Europe, located in the United Kingdom, now being commercialised. It was one of the biggest manufacturers of personal computers, consumer electronics, home appliances, and medical equipment. As a semiconductor company and the inventor of flash memory, Toshiba had been one of the top 10 in the chip industry until its flash memory unit was spun off as Toshiba Memory, later Kioxia, in the late 2010s. The Toshiba name is derived from its former name, Tokyo Shibaura Denki K.K. (Tokyo Shibaura Electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Development Agency
The French Development Agency (french: Agence française de développement, AFD) is a public financial institution that implements the policy defined by the French Government. It works to fight poverty and promote sustainable development. This public institution is active in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean and the French overseas territories, where it finances and supports projects that improve living conditions for populations, promote economic growth and protect the planet. In 2014, AFD earmarked EUR 8.1 billion to finance projects in developing countries and for the French overseas territories, a commitment up by 4% compared to 2013. According to the OECD, 2020 official development assistance from France increased 10.9% to US$14.1 billion. Its headquarters is located in Paris. Its teams are based in Paris, Marseille and in a network of 72 agencies and representations abroad and in the French overseas territories. History AFD is the desce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haroun (Cairo Metro)
Harun, also transliterated as Haroon or Haroun ( ar, هارون, ) is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet Aaron. Both are most likely of Ancient Egyptian origin, from ''aha rw'', meaning "warrior lion". Given name Haroon * Haroon (singer), a Pakistani pop singer * Haroon Khan, British boxer * Haroon Rahim, Pakistani former tennis player * Haroon Rasheed, a former Pakistani cricketer Haron * Haron Din, Malaysian politician (1940-2016) Harun * Harun al-Rashid (died 809), famous Abbasid caliph, reigned from 786 until his death in 809 * Harun ibn Muhammad, better known by his regnal name ''al-Wathiq bi'llah'', Abbasid caliph who reigned from 842 until his death in 847 * Harun ibn Ahmad al-Mu'tadid, son of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tadid (r. 892–902). * Harun ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir, Abbasid prince and son of Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932) * Harun Babunagari (1902-1986), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar * Harun Çabuk (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Ahram (Cairo Metro)
''Al-Ahram'' ( ar, الأهرام; ''The Pyramids''), founded on 5 August 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after '' al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majority owned by the Egyptian government, and is considered a newspaper of record for Egypt. Given the many varieties of Arabic language, ''Al-Ahram'' is widely considered an influential source of writing style in Arabic. In 1950, the Middle East Institute described ''Al-Ahram'' as being to the Arabic-reading public within its area of distribution, "What ''The Times'' is to Englishmen and ''The New York Times'' to Americans";Middle East Institute, 1950, p. 155. however, it has often been accused of heavy influence and censorship by the Egyptian government. In addition to the main edition published in Egypt, the paper publishes two other Arabic-language editions, one geared to the Arab world and the other aimed at an international audience, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo Stadium (Cairo Metro)
The Cairo International Stadium ( ar, ستاد القاهرة الدولي), formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The engineering and construction supervision work of the stadium was performed by ACE Moharram Bakhoum. It is the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC and Al Ahly use the stadium for most of their home games. Overview The Stadium is located about 10 km west of Cairo International Airport and about 10 km (30 min) from downtown Cairo. In 2005, in preparation for the 2006 African Cup of Nations it underwent a renovation. Cairo Stadium is known for i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair Zone (Cairo Metro)
Fair Zone or Cairo Fair ( ar, محطة المعرض / أرض المعارض) is a station on Cairo Metro, part of phase 2 of Line 3. It is located on Salah Salem Street in front of the Cairo International Fair Ground, one of the most important commercial and administrative centers of Cairo. Overview Cairo Fair Station was inaugurated on 7 May 2014 as part of phase 2 of Line 3. In addition, the station has a contactless fare collection system as well as an integrated supervision and communication system supplied by the Thales Group. Station layout Notable places nearby * Cairo International Book Fair * State Information Service * General Authority for Investment See also * Cairo Metro * Cairo Metro Line 3 Cairo Metro Line 3 is a main line of the Cairo Metro mass transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. Currently, the line connects Kit Kai in west-central Cairo with Al Salam bus stop at a station named Adly Mansour metro station. The line crosses t ... * List of Cairo met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliopolis (Cairo Suburb)
Heliopolis ( arz, مصر الجديده, ', , "New Egypt") was a suburb outside Cairo, Egypt, which has since merged with Cairo as a district of the city and is one of the more affluent areas of Cairo. Named for the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis to which it lies adjacent, modern Heliopolis was established in 1905 by the Heliopolis Oasis Company headed by the Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain and by Boghos Nubar, son of the Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha. It is the location of the Cairo International Airport. The population of Heliopolis is estimated at some 142,968 individuals (2016). History Baron Empain, a well-known amateur Egyptologist and prominent Belgian entrepreneur, arrived in Egypt in January 1904, intending to rescue one of his Belgian wife's development projects: the construction of a railway line linking Al-Matariyyah to Port Said. Despite losing the railway contract to the British, Empain stayed on in Egypt. In 1905, Empain estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdou Pasha (Cairo Metro)
Abdou Pasha ( ar, محطة عبده باشا) is a station on the Cairo Metro, part of Phase 1 of Line 3. It is located under El-Abaseya street in Abdou Pasha Square. History Abdou Pasha Station was inaugurated on 21 February 2012 as part of phase 1 of Line 3. Overview The station consists of three floors, with four entrances and elevators to transport passengers from the street level to the station platform and the length of the station is and width of and a depth of from the station ground. Like other stations on the network, the station have a contactless fare collection system, as well as an integrated supervision and communication system supplied by the Thales Group. Station layout Notable places nearby * Faculty of Engineering Ain Shams University * Industrial area behind the Faculty of Engineering * Different schools See also * Cairo Metro * Cairo Metro Line 3 * List of Cairo Metro stations The following is a list of the current in service 64 stations and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Geish (Cairo Metro)
El Geish ( ar, محطة الجيش) is a station on Cairo Metro, part of phase 1 of Line 3. it is located under El-Geish Street in El-Geish Square. History El Geish Station was inaugurated on 21 February 2012 as part of phase 1 of Line 3. Overview The station consists of three floors, with four entrances and elevators to transport passengers from the street level to the station platform and the length of the station is and width of and a depth of from the station ground. Like other stations on the network, the station has a contactless fare collection system, as well as an integrated supervision and communication system supplied by the Thales Group. Station layout Notable places nearby * Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars * El Daher district See also * Cairo Metro * Cairo Metro Line 3 Cairo Metro Line 3 is a main line of the Cairo Metro mass transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. Currently, the line connects Kit Kai in west-central Cairo with Al Salam bus stop at a stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bab El Shaaria (Cairo Metro)
Bab El Shaaria ( ar, محطة باب الشعرية) is a station on Cairo Metro, part of phase 1 of Line 3. it is located under El-Geish street in Bab El Shaaria Square at the intersection of Port Said street with that street. History Bab El Shaaria Station was inaugurated on 21 February 2012 as part of phase 1 of Line 3. Overview The station consists of three floors, with four entrances and elevators to transport passengers from the street level to the station platform and the length of the station is 150 meters and width of 22.90 meters and a depth of 20 meters from the station ground. Like other stations on the network, the station have a contactless fare collection system, as well as an integrated supervision and communication system supplied by the Thales Group. Station layout See also * Cairo Metro * Cairo Metro Line 3 * List of Cairo Metro stations The following is a list of the current in service 64 stations and the other planned stations on the Cairo Metro. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
