Heliopolis is in Egypt, in Cairo Governorate. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
Monument
Country
Egypt
City or region
Cairo Governorate
Coordinates
30.1295 N, 31.2889 E
UNESCO World Heritage
No recorded designation
Notability (sitelinks)
63
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
Islamic Cairo
Egypt
9.6
Egyptian Museum
Egypt
10.5
Grand Egyptian Museum
Egypt
22.2
Great Pyramid of Giza
Egypt
22.4
The Great Sphinx
Egypt
22.5
The closest neighbor is Islamic Cairo, 9.6 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Heliópolis
English
Heliopolis
Español
Heliópolis
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 30.1295 N, 31.2889 E and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Heliopolis: 63 sitelinks; closest neighbor Islamic Cairo at 9.6 km