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Shubra El Kheima, (Arabic: شبرا الخيمة, lit. 'hamlet of the tent', IPA: [ˈʃobɾɑ lˈxeːmæ], from Coptic: ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲃⲱ, lit. 'hamlet of tent' [2]) is the fourth-largest city in Egypt after Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate along the northern edge of the Cairo Governorate. [3]
Shubra is a common prefix for many places in Egypt, most of which originated as villages but may today be towns or even cities. For example the villages of Shubra Bekhoum, Quesna, Menoufia, and Shubra Beloula, Qutour, Gharbia, or Qalyubia's industrial city, Shubra El Kheima.
Banha and several other settlements blend into the neighboring Cairo Governorate; as a result, parts of Qalyubia (particularly Shubra El Kheima) are generally considered to form part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area (along with Cairo governorate, Giza city and 6 October city).
A view of Shubra in 1862 by Léon Belly.. Muhammad Ali chose the fields around the then village of Shobra El-Kheima for the location of a rural retreat where he built himself a palace in the area overlooking the Nile and extended Shubra Street in 1808 from Bab al-Hadid in Cairo, to there. [5]
Shubra El-Kheima ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲱ ϩⲃⲱ Saprō Hbō: [saˈproː əhˈβoː] Sabrō Ehwō: [saˈbroː əhˈwoː] A combination of "hamlet" (Coptic: ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ) and "cover, tent" (Coptic: ϩⲃⲱ). شبرا الخيمة Musturad ϯⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲟⲣⲁⲧ ti-Moni en-Sorat: [təmɔˈni ənsoˈrat] di-Moni en-Sorat: [dəmoˈni ...
It comprises the entirety of the Cairo Governorate, the cities of Imbaba [b] and Giza in the Giza Governorate, and the city Shubra El Kheima in Qalyubia Governorate. [4] [5] Its definition can be expanded to include peri-urban areas and a number of new planned towns founded in the desert areas east and west of Cairo. [5]
Shubra El Kheima 2 (k) Shubrakhit (m) Shurtet El Dakhla (m) ... History of administrative divisions in Egypt since the French Invasion Archived 2013-05-25 at the ...
The Hanging Church is one of Cairo's most famous Coptic Orthodox Churches. Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites.