Kitchener's Island

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The Kitchener Island (English Kitchener's Iceland; Arabic also Geziret to - Nabatat, جزيرة النباتات, "island of plants" ) is a small island in the Nile River in Egypt. It extends below the first cataract at a length of 650 meters in the southwest-northeast direction with a width of up to 115 meters west of the Nile island of Elephantine and the larger city of Aswan near the eastern bank of the Nile. On the 6.5 -hectare Kitchener Island is the Botanical Garden of the city of Aswan.

History

The island is named after Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the Sirdar ( commander ) of the Egyptian Army from 1892 to 1899, the first Governor-General of Anglo -Egyptian Sudan in 1899 and later first Earl Kitchener of Khartoum. It gave him the island in 1899 for his services in the suppression of the Mahdi uprising in the Sudan after the Battle of Omdurman. She was in his possession until his death in June 1916.

In Kitchener, the planting of the island goes back, the many exotic flowers, trees and other plants from Asia and Africa had put here that formed the basis of today's Botanic Gardens. The island later became the property of the Egyptian government, who set up a biological research station on her. At present, the Kitchener Island is a popular destination for tourists and locals.

Description

The island is home to tropical and subtropical plants of Africa and Asia that were planted here like a park. These include mahogany trees, breadfruit trees, nutmeg trees, trumpet trees, mango and mulberry fig trees, multi-colored bougainvillea bushes, hollyhocks, oleander, hibiscus, clematis and poinsettias. The variety of plants is an ideal nesting place for many species of birds.

• Views of the island
• Southeastern shore of the island with a botanical garden
• Way in the botanic garden
• View towards Elephantine and Aswan
• Southwest side of the island