Shubra
Shubra is a district of Cairo, Egypt and it is one of eight districts that make up the Northern Area. Administratively it used to cover the entire area of the three districts of Shubra, Rod El Farag, and El Sahel, until it was broken up in 1988.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Cairo
- Also known as: “Shobra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ramses Railway Station and Coptic Hospital.
Ramses Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ramses Railway Station, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser on the square there in 1955.
Coptic Hospital
Hospital
Photo: ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, CC0.
The Coptic Hospital is a hospital in Cairo, Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Daher and Boulaq.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.
Boulaq
Suburb
Photo: iyasser .com, CC BY 2.0.
Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
El Sahel
Neighborhood
El-Sahel of Cairo is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt. 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, Rod El Farag, and Shubra.
Shubra
- Category: district
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Shubra” goes by many names.
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