El Mogamma

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El Mogamma is a massive government administrative complex in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, long known as the central hub of Egypt’s bureaucratic paperwork and public services.

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El Mogamma canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
ArabicName المجمع ⓘ
architecturalStyle Soviet-style architecture ⓘ
monumental modernist ⓘ
associatedWith Egyptian civil bureaucracy ⓘ
Egyptian public administration ⓘ
buildingType office building ⓘ
city Cairo ⓘ
completionDate 1950s ⓘ
constructionPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
coordinates 30.0443°N 31.2357°E ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalSignificance iconic feature of Tahrir Square ⓘ
symbol of Egyptian bureaucracy ⓘ
floorArea very large ⓘ
function bureaucratic paperwork processing ⓘ
government administration ⓘ
public services ⓘ
hasRoleIn centralization of state paperwork in Egypt ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Cairo ⓘ
Downtown Cairo ⓘ
Tahrir Square ⓘ
nameMeaning the complex ⓘ
near Egyptian Museum ⓘ
Nile Corniche ⓘ
notableFor centralization of Egyptian government services ⓘ
large bureaucratic offices ⓘ
numberOfFloors approximately 14 ⓘ
owner Government of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian government
partOf Tahrir Square urban complex ⓘ
linked to: Tahrir Square
primaryOccupant Egyptian civil service offices ⓘ
Egyptian government ministries ⓘ
publicAccess restricted to official business ⓘ
regionServed Egypt ⓘ
Greater Cairo ⓘ
status standing ⓘ
usedFor issuance of identity documents ⓘ
issuance of passports ⓘ
issuance of visas ⓘ
various citizen permits ⓘ

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