Shibin El Qanater ( ar, شبين القناطر), previously known as Shaybin al-Qasr () and Scenae Veteranorum is a
region
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(''markaz'') in
Egypt
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situated in the center of the
Qalyubia Governorate
Qalyubia Governorate ( ar, محافظة القليوبية ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Located in Lower Egypt. It is situated north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. Its capital is Banha.
Name
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. Its population was 423,783 at the 2006 Census and comprises 36
village
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s.
History
The modern town used to be a
Roman
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army
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encampment serving as a station of cavalry units "
Equites
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Saraceni
Thamudeni" and "Ala quinta
Raetorum".
The town of Shibin El Qanater is one of the ancient villages, where it appeared in the name of “Shibin Al-Qasr” in the book “The Laws of Diwans of Al-Asaad Bin Mattati” from the works of Al-Sharqiya, which is the name given to it in the Salahi rock conducted by the Ayyubid Sultan Al-Nasir Salah Al-Din in the year 572 AH / 1176 AD, as it was mentioned in the name “Shibin Al-Qasr One of Qalubia’s works in the book “A Sunni Masterpiece in the Names of the Egyptian Countries” by Ibn Al-Jiaan who surrounded the Egyptian villages after the Nasserite rock that was conducted by the Mamluk Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun in 715 AH / 1315AD. In the Ottoman era, it was mentioned in the Ottoman sources, which was conducted by the Ottoman governor Suleiman Pasha Al-Khadim during the era of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent within the villages of the province of Qaliubiya.
Ramzi connects the first part of the name to ''ʾašyab'' "grey-coloured, old" akin to the "old".
[ابن مماتي ص156]
Among the most important monuments found in the region are huge ruins that were used in building a weird style on the Egyptian architecture. It indicates that the dead are not Egyptians, this region is known as the Jewish hill, and there are other remains that have not yet been discovered, and on their way to discovery.
[ آثار مدينة شبين القناطر نسخة محفوظة 19 ديسمبر 2008 على موقع واي باك مشين.]
List of villages
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El Ahraz
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El Hasafah
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El Kulzom
El Kulzom or Al Qelzam ( ar, القلزم, from ) is a village in the Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt
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El Shawbak
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El Zahweyeen
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Ezbet El Gewily
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Ezbet El Wakeel
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Kafr El Dair
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Kafr El Shaikha Salma
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Kafr El Shawbak
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Kafr El Sohby
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Kafr Shibin
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Kafr Taha
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Mansh'at El Keram
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Menyet Shibin
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Nawa (Shibin El Qanater)
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Shibin El-Qanater
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Taha Nub
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Tal Bani Tamim
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Elmoreeg
References
External links
Rail accident
Populated places in Qalyubiyya Governorate
Egypt
Cities in Egypt
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