Shubra El Kheima

Shubra El Kheima

شبرا الخيمة
Shubra El Kheima شبرا الخيمة
City
	Clockwise from top: ; Shubrah Palace, Shubrah Palace Facade, Pigeon towers,
	Shubra El Kheima Location of Cairo within Egypt
	Coordinates: 30°7′43″N 31°14′32″E / 30.12861°N 31.24222°E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Qalyubia
Area
• Total	270.68 km2 (104.51 sq mi)
• Land	270.68 km2 (104.51 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	1,099,354
• Density	4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Shubra El Kheima, (Arabic: شبرا الخيمة‎, IPA: [ˈʃobɾɑ lˈxeːmæ]) 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):^[1]

10.41 km2, 461,689 people, borders Nile River, with city railway station
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[]

Nightview from the train station
Shubra el-Kheima train station
Saint Theresa Church
Protesters during 2011 Arab Spring
Panoramic view of Shubra on the Nile

References and Notes[]

^ Population data taken from the City Population website Archived 2018-09-02 at the Wayback Machine.

External links[]

Media related to Shubra El-Kheima at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Population data taken from the City Population website Archived 2018-09-02 at the Wayback Machine.

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Cairo Governorate	Cairo
Giza Governorate	Giza, 6th of October City, Sheikh Zayed City, El Hawamdeya, El Badrashein, El Saff, Atfih, El Ayyat, Bawiti, , Awsim, Kerdasa,
Qalyubia Governorate	Benha, Qalyub, Shubra El Kheima, El Qanater El Khayreya, Khanka, Kafr Shukr, Toukh, Qaha, Obour City, Khusus, Shibin El Qanater
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Shubra El Kheima شبرا الخيمة
City
Clockwise from top: Shubrah Palace, Shubrah Palace Facade, Pigeon towers,
Shubra El Kheima Location of Cairo within Egypt
Coordinates: 30°7′43″N 31°14′32″E / 30.12861°N 31.24222°E / 30.12861; 31.24222
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Qalyubia
Area
• Total	270.68 km² (104.51 sq mi)
• Land	270.68 km² (104.51 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	1,099,354
• Density	4,100/km² (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)