Tura

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Tura

Coordinates29.93°, 31.28°

Demographic figures from CAPMAS (Egypt). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tura was the primary quarry for limestone in ancient Egypt. The site, which was known by the ancient Egyptians as Troyu or Royu, is located about halfway between modern-day Cairo and Helwan. Its ancient Egyptian name was misinterpreted by the ancient Greek geographer Strabo, who thought it meant it was inhabited by Trojans, thus the Hellenistic city was named Troia. The site is located by the modern town of Tora in the Cairo Governorate.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ayman al-Zawahiri

al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon

El Sheikh Emam

Egyptian singer and composer (1918–1995)

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Gerald Messadié

French journalist and author (1931-2018)

Evelien van Dort

Dutch writer

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Thabet El-Batal

Egyptian association football player (1953–2005)

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Alaa Mayhoub

Egyptian footballer

A

Ahmed El Merghany

Egyptian footballer

Ahmed Ezz

Egyptian actor

Taha Ismail

Egyptian footballer and coach

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Ibrāhīm Madkūr

Egyptian politician

Injy El Mokkaddem

Egyptian actress

Khaled Saleh

Egyptian actor (1964–2014)

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Fathy Abdel Wahab

Egyptian actor

Dina El Sherbiny

Egyptian actress

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Mohamed Kamal

Egyptian journalist and teacher

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Mirna El Mahdy

Egyptian novelist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Cairo

• Tura al Asmant
  0.8 mi away
• El Faroukiya
  1.4 mi away
• El Sheikh Mubarak
  5.3 mi away
• Helwan
  6.6 mi away · pop. 643,327
• El Qattameya City
  8 mi away
• Katameya Heights Compound
  8.4 mi away
• El Dimirdash
  9.1 mi away
• El Showeifat District
  9.4 mi away
• El Tagamoa El Talet
  9.5 mi away
• Districts of El Tagamoa El Khames
  9.9 mi away
• Cairo Festival City
  10.4 mi away
• Burg al Hudud
  13.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Tura

Didymos der Blinde

Didymus the Blind · 1968

Cabuhi nga nadangat sang Principe Igmidio cag sang Princesa Clauriana sa guinharian sa Gran Cairo

1908

Kommentar zum Ecclesiastes

Didymus the Blind · 1969

Ang laa sa bugay

Fernando A. Buyser · 1917

Ang basahon mga salmos bahin sa Biblia kun balaang kasulatan

1912

i Si Kristo gikawat!

Fernando A. Buyser · 1912

Ang pulahan

Nicholas Rafols · 1919

Ang palad, palad gayud

Vicente Duterte · 1912

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Mediterranean House Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Seen 2026-09-24

Be-still tree

Cascabela thevetia

Seen 2026-09-23

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Seen 2026-09-22

Camel's Thorn

Alhagi graecorum

Seen 2026-09-21

Plains Cupid

Luthrodes pandava

Seen 2026-09-21

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-21

Pantropical Jumping Spider

Plexippus paykulli

Seen 2026-09-19

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-19

Grass Webworm Moth

Herpetogramma licarsisalis

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).