Shubra al-Khaimah
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Arabic شبرا الخيمة Shubra al-Khaimah |
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 8 ′ N , 31 ° 15 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Egypt | ||
| al-Qalyubiyya | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | EG-KB | ||
| Residents | 1,165,914 (2017) | ||
Shubra al-Khaimah ( Arabic شبرا الخيمة, DMG Šubrā l-Ḫaima ; English transcription: Shubra El-Kheima ) is the fourth largest city in Egypt after Cairo , Alexandria and Giza . It is located north of Cairo in the southern Nile Delta in the governorate of al-Qalyubiyya and is part of the agglomeration of Cairo. The population was 1,165,914 in 2017 (calculation), 1,016,722 in 2006 (census). In the first half of the noughties, Shubra al-Khaimah became a city of millions . The city owes its growth as a residential area for workers in the surrounding factories. This also makes it larger than the capital of the el-Qalyūbīya governorate, Banha . Important branches of industry are glass manufacture, cotton spinning and weaving, and textile manufacture.
history
The city is relatively young and arose with the construction of the Summer Palace of Muḥammad ʿAlī in the first half of the 19th century.
- Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1986 | 714,594 |
| 1996 | 870.716 |
| 2006 | 1,016,722 |
| 2017 | 1,165,914 |
| Results of the census | |
