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Nasr City is the largest neighbourhood in Cairo by area, occupying nearly 250 km 2 (97 sq mi) of the capital's total area of 1,445 km 2 (558 sq mi). For this reason, it is divided into two districts (hayy): East Madīnat Naṣr (Qism Awwal) and West Madīnat Naṣr (Qism Than), [2] and 25 sub-districts that have become shiakhas (non-administrative census blocks), that have a mix of names, and ...
The original Bab al-Nasr was built south of the present one by Fatimid general Jawhar as-Siqilli during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Mu'izz, when the city was first laid out in 969. Later, the vizier Badr al-Jamali, under Caliph al-Mustansir, enlarged the city and rebuilt the walls in the late 11th century. He replaced the first gate with ...
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The New Administrative Capital (NAC) [1] [2] (Arabic: العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة, romanized: al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Gadīda) is the placeholder name for a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of Cairo City. It is planned to be Egypt's new capital and has been under construction since 2015. [3]
At the highest tier, there are three city-state governorates, Cairo, Port Said, and Suez, where the governor is also head of the city and lower units are 100% urban. Alexandria is a quasi -city-state also with a merged city-governorate unit, though with one rural county (markaz). The other 23 governorates are formed of counties (marakiz, sing.
Ezbet El Haggana/ Al-kilo arba'a wa nus (Also spelt, ‘Izbit Al-Haggāna, Arabic عزبة الهجانة/ الكيلو أربعة ونص) is a 750-acre (315 HA) shiakha (census block) sub-district in the Nasr City West district, in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.
Some bars and nightclubs can be found. Tens of cinemas can be found in Heliopolis and its extension, Madinet Nasr ; Normandy Cinema in Al-Ahram street, Cinema Roxy, Cinema Heliopolis along with the new cinemas in Horia Mall and City Stars Mall, one of the biggest and best-known shopping malls in Egypt and the Middle East.
The largest airport in Egypt, Cairo International Airport, is located near in the Heliopolis district and is accessible by car, taxi and bus. The third line of the Cairo Metro , opened in 2012, was originally planned to reach the Airport, but those plans were cancelled in mid-2020 in place of a future shuttle bus system that runs directly from ...