Shubra El Kheima, ( ar, شبرا الخيمة, lit=hamlet of the tent, , from ) is the fourth-largest city in Egypt after Cairo,

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and Alexandria. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate along the northern edge of the

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. It forms part of the Greater Cairo

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Demographics

Shubra El Kheima was primarily inhabited by workers (and their families), who have worked in surrounding factories since the 1940s. However, recently it contains the great expansion of Greater Cairo towards the north as a consequence of migration from rural areas. Its population was 1,016,722 at the 2006 Census. It is administered as two ''kism'' (wards):Population data taken from the City Population website
. *

Shubra El Kheima 1 Shoubra ( ar, شبرا, ; Coptic: '; also written Shubra or Shobra) is one of the largest districts of Cairo, Egypt and it is administratively divided into three areas: Shubra, Road El Farag, and Elsahel. Etymology Although Shoubra has been imme ...

10.41 km2, 461,689 people, borders

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, with city railway station * Shubrā El Kheima 2 17.27 km2, 563,880 people, inland, includes Bahtim Since the national 2017 census, there is a 3rd kism (Al Khusus) within the governorate. It is unknown if this will be rolled into Shubra El Kheima or be considered a separate ''city'', as municipal designations appears informal in Egypt. Using 2018 data (based on revised 2017 CAPMAS data projection), population of the two is 1,187,747 and 42,910 people per km2. The 3 kisms combined have 1,655,941 people with 46,764 people per km2.

Transportation

Shubra El Kheima is the northern terminus of

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of the

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Landmarks

Mohamed Ali Palace

Shubra El Kheima hosts the Palace of

Mohamed Ali Pasha Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...

, the founder of modern Egypt. He chose an isolated palace or an official residence away from the Citadel in the district called Shubra, the construction of the palace began in 1808 and it was completed in 1821. The Palace of Mohammad Ali or Shubra Palace is distinguished by its style of decoration that mixes between the Islamic style of decoration and the European one. Mohammed Ali's Palace is the first flourishing structures in Shubra. This palace was once involving about 13 building but the only remaining parts of it are the reception area, the fountain kios, the basin area and the garden that was provided with a collection of rare plants and some of them still exist and it is now a museum. The palace finally came under the authority of the

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in 1978. The most remarkable one is the drawing room which was used a dining room, a small garden was planted in each step of this scalar hill which was irrigated the waterwheel tower that was constructed to provide the gardens and the villa with fresh water.

Gallery

Shubra el Kheima2.jpg, Nightview from the train station Shubra el Kheima1.jpg, Shubra el-Kheima train station File:كنيسة سانت تريزا.jpg, Saint Theresa Church Shubra El-Kheima 20110125.jpg, Protesters during

2011 Arab Spring The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in Tunisia in response to corruption and econom ...

3-D Building on Google Map - panoramio.jpg, Panoramic view of Shubra on the Nile

References and Notes

External links

{{Authority control Districts of Greater Cairo Populated places in Qalyubiyya Governorate Metropolitan areas of Egypt