El Sahel

El-Sahel of Cairo (Arabic: الساحل  IPA: [esˈsæːħel, elˈ-]) is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt.[1] It used to form part of a larger district of Shubra that was established as a garden suburb of Cairo in the 19th century until it was subdivided in 1988 into the districts of al-Sahel (the northern half of old Shubra from Khulusi Street to the south to the Ismailia Canal to the North),[2] Rod El Farag (the south western quarter), and Shubra (the south eastern quarter).[3]

History

The history of al-Sahel is largely the history of Shubra, where many places that are generally referred to as in Shubra, are today, administratively in Al-Sahel district such as Mohamed Ali's Shubra Pavilion.[3]

Modern landmarks

Al-Sahel hosts two of Cairo's largest hospitals: Nasser Institute for Search and Treatment Hospital, and the older Al-Sahel Teaching Hospital, which is named after the area. Additionally, al-Sahel is home to a date market.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Cairo Districts". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  2. ^ "Prime Ministerial Decree 994/1988". The Official Gazette. 1988-09-19.
  3. ^ a b "Shubrā". Tadamun. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  4. ^ Nesmahar Sayed, That time of dates Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No. 560, 15–21 November 2001.

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