Ain Shams

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Ain Shams
عين شمس
Ain Shams is located in Egypt
Ain Shams
Ain Shams
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°07′40″N 31°19′45″E / 30.12778°N 31.32917°E / 30.12778; 31.32917
Country Egypt
GovernorateCairo Governorate
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

Ain Shams (also spelled Ayn or Ein - Arabic: عين شمس, [ʕeːn ʃæms], Coptic: ⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲫⲣⲏ[1]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.[2] The name means "Eye of the Sun" in Arabic, referring to the fact that the district contained the ruins of the ancient city of Heliopolis, once the spiritual centre of ancient Egyptian sun-worship, and settled since 3100 BCE following the Predynastic Period.[3] However, administratively the visible ruins today lie in the district of al-Matariya.[4]

Administrative subdivisions and population

Ain Shams is divided into six shiakhas (census blocks/quarters), which had a total of 614,391 residents in the 2017 census, making it the third most populous district in Cairo:[5][6]

Shiakha Code 2017 Population
Zahrâ’ et Masâkin al-Ḥilmiyya, al- 013401 206210
Ḥilmiyyat al-Zaytûn 013402 27419
Ḥilmiyyat al-Na`âm 013403 18366
Ṭulumbât `Ayn Shams 013404 207248
`Ayn Shams al-sharqiyya 013405 138591
Manshiyyat al-Taḥrîr 013406 16557

Cairo - Ain Shams District Map

See also

Works cited

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  1. ^ "أسماء بعض البلاد المصرية بالقبطية - كتاب لغتنا القبطية المصرية | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org.
  2. ^ "Eastern Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  3. ^ Dobrowolska; et al. (2006), Heliopolis: Rebirth of the City of the Sun, p. 15, ISBN 9774160088.
  4. ^ "Egypt's Eternal City - Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  5. ^ Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  6. ^ The interactive census site is the only available digital source (non-pdf) and must be queried as follows: Statistics and analysis > Population > 2017 Data > Gender >Statistical Tables >Total population and population by sex (Choose location).

30°07′40″N 31°19′45″E / 30.12778°N 31.32917°E / 30.12778; 31.32917


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