El Warraq
30.114°N 31.2283°E Al Warraq (Arabic: الوراق) is a municipal district of the Giza city in Egypt, consisting of both mainland and Warraq Island in the River Nile.
The district is located on the site of an ancient city Kerkasoros (Ancient Greek: Κερκασωρος, Latin: Cercasorum), which hosted the observatory Eudoxus of Cnidus worked at.
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