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Cairo Tower


Height: 187m
Location: Cairo
Year: 1956
Cairo Tower

Al Yaqoub Tower


Height: 328m
Location: Dubai
Year: 2013
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Al Yaqoub Tower vs Cairo Tower


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Al Yaqoub Tower

Al Yaqoub Tower

Height

328m
Floors72
Year2013
CityDubai

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The Al Yaqoub Tower is a 328 m (1,076 Feet ) tall skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The tower topped out in 2010 and has been finished in 2013. It has 69 floors. The building is owned independently by Daro Saifuddin Yaquob, also serves as a 224-room hotel.



The construction design was inspired by Elizabeth Tower (more commonly called Big Ben) in London. But, no clock face is present on Al Yaqoub Tower. Additionally, it bears a resemblance to The Tower, a building situated directly north of it.

Source: Wikipedia
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Cairo Tower

Cairo Tower

Height

187m
Floors90
Year1956
CityCairo

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The Cairo Tower (Egyptian Arabic: ??? ???????, Borg El-Q?hira) is a free-standing cement tower in Cairo, Egypt. In 187 m (614 ft), it has been the tallest structure in Egypt and North Africa for approximately 50 years. It was the tallest structure in Africa for ten years before 1971, when it was surpassed by Hillbrow Tower in South Africa. One of Cairo's famous modern monuments, sometimes considered Egypt's second most famous landmark following the Pyramids of Giza, it stands in the Gezira district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, near downtown Cairo.

Source: Wikipedia

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