Abu Zaabal or Abu Za'bal (,

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: ' ) () is a huge industrial center in

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and one of the villages of Al Khankah in the

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History

The older name of the town is al-Quseir (). During the reign of Mahammad Ali Pasha, the village included the military preparatory school to prepare students to enter military schools, which had a capacity of about 500 students, after it was transferred to it from the El-Qasr el-Eini area in

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, where it now had a capacity for about 1,200 students, Abd al-Rahman al-Rafai (2000)."الجيش". ''تاريخ الحركة القومية، وتطور نظام الحكم، ج3 عصر محمد علي. "''مكتبة الأسرة. القاهرة: مطابع الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب. ص. ص 325-366. . and the Infantry School was also moved to it in the year 1841 from

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. In 1827, the village was also the cradle of the first

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established in Egypt. In modern Egypt, the area is an

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, with an extensive

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and well-developed chemical industries. It is home to the Armoured production and repair factory, Abu Zaabal Engineering Industries, Abu Zaabal Specialized Industries and Abu Zaabal Specialized Chemicals.

1970 bombing incident

*On February 13, 1970, an

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bomber dropped bombs and napalm on an industrial plant in Abu Za'abal, killing 80 civilian workers.

2013 prisoners killed in prison custody incident

In August 2013, 37 prisoners at Abu Za'abal prison were killed after guards fired tear gas into an overfilled transport truck containing prisoners during intense heat.Kingsley, Patrick
''How did 37 prisoners come to die at Cairo prison Abu Zaabal?''
The Guardian. 2014 Feb. 22.

References

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