Shubra al Khaymah

Shubra El Kheima, ( ar, شبرا الخيمة, lit=hamlet of the tent, , from ) 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. It forms part of the Greater Cairo agglomeration.

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
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* Shubra El Kheima 1 10.41 km2, 461,689 people, borders Nile River, 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 Line 2 of the Cairo Metro.

Landmarks

Mohamed Ali Palace

Shubra El Kheima hosts the Palace of Mohamed Ali Pasha, 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 Supreme Council of Antiquities 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
3-D Building on Google Map - panoramio.jpg, Panoramic view of Shubra on the Nile

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