El Sahel
El-Sahel of Cairo(Arabic:الساحلIPA:[esˈsæːħel,elˈ-]) is a district in the Northern Area ofCairo,Egypt.[1]It used to form part of a larger district ofShubrathat was established as a garden suburb of Cairo in the 19th century until it was subdivided in 1988 into the districts ofal-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
[edit]The history of al-Sahel is largely the history ofShubra,where many places that are generally referred to as in Shubra, are today, administratively in Al-Sahel district such asMohamed Ali'sShubra Pavilion.[3]
Modern landmarks
[edit]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 adatemarket.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Cairo Districts".cairo.gov.eg.Retrieved2022-12-29.
- ^"Prime Ministerial Decree 994/1988".The Official Gazette.1988-09-19.
- ^ab"Shubrā".Tadamun.2016-04-17.Retrieved2023-02-08.
- ^Nesmahar Sayed,That time of datesArchived2008-02-17 at theWayback Machine,Al-Ahram Weekly,Issue No. 560, 15–21 November 2001.
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