Abu Zaabal or Abu Za'bal (,
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: ' ) () is a huge industrial settlement in
Egypt
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The first Egyptian medical school was founded there, in 1827. In modern Egypt, the area is an
industrial suburb
An industrial suburb is a community, near a large city, with an industrial economy. These communities may be established as tax havens or as places where zoning promotes industry, or they may be industrial towns that become suburbs by urban spra ...
of
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
, with an extensive
military–industrial complex
The expression military–industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy. A driving factor behind the r ...
and well-developed
chemical industries
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.
1970 bombing incident
*On February 13, 1970, an
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...
bomber dropped bombs and napalm on an industrial plant in Abu Za'abal, killing 80 civilian workers. The IAF had intended to attack military targets and struck the factory by mistake.
2013 prisoners die in custody incident
In August 2013, 37 prisoners died in Abu Zaabal Prison.
[Kingsley, Patrick]
''How did 37 prisoners come to die at Cairo prison Abu Zaabal?''
The Guardian. 2014 Feb. 22.
References
Industry in Egypt
Populated places in Qalyubiyya Governorate
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