Kitchener's Island (now locally known in Arabic as Geziret an-Nabatat, which translates as "island of plants"; also known as Plantation Island) is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It was given to Lord Kitchener as a thank-you for his services in the Sudan Campaign (1896-1898). Arabic (العربية) is a Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The Nile (Arabic: النيل an-nīl), in Africa, is one of the two... Aswan (أسوان Aswān) (24 05 N 32 56 E, population 200,000) is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the governorate of the same name. ... Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (June 24, 1850 - June 5, 1916) was a British Field Marshal and statesman. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

With the aid of the Ministry of Irrigation, he rapidly transformed the small (approx. 750-meter-long) island into a paradise of exotic trees and plants and carefully planned walkways. It later passed into the property of the Egyptian government and was used as a research station for examining different food and cash crops, and a biological research station is present at the southern tip, which is closed to vistors. In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is sold for money. ...

It is particularly popular among the local people as a spot for weekend picnics or for a quiet afternoon away from the noise of the city.