Qalyub ( ; p.71) is a city containing a rural markaz, and an urban one. It is located in the

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, in the northern part of the

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metropolitan area, at the start of the

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. In 1986, it had a population of 84,413 inhabitants, which grew to 106,804 residents by 2006, a more than average growth.

Name

The name of the city comes from a Greek personal name

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Overview

Qalyub is the commercial center for a significant agricultural region, and some records indicate that Qalyub has had a farmer's market, regularly, for close to one thousand years. The people of Qalyub have often proven to be self-reliant like in 1905 when they built their own 500-bed hospital with no help from the state. Years later, the community received money from

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for the hospital and the school, however, as in many rural villages, the Ministry of Social Affairs angered residents for not doing enough for them. In 1982, the Basic Village Service Program (BVS), under the auspices of USAID, had twenty-five water projects slated for Qalyub. On February 13, 2005, Qalyub was the location of a politically significant

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over the benefits and the

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of the Qalyub Spinning Company. Qalyub was the site of the Qalyoub train collision in August 2006. Tuk-tuks, small cars, with government-issued license plates, can be seen in modern-day Qalyub as the district has seen a ''more than average'' increase in population growth.

Other

The '' Qalyub orthonairovirus'' is a member of the

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group of vertebrate-infecting

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es and was named after the town.

References

{{Cities of Egypt Populated places in Qalyubiyya Governorate Districts of Greater Cairo