Shubra

Shubra is a district of , 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, , and , until it was broken up in 1988.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: neighborhood in Cairo
  • Also known as: “Shobra”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ramses Railway Station and Coptic Hospital.

Railway station
Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of , . 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.

Hospital
Photo: ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, CC0.

Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Habib Pasha El is a palace in the al-Zahir district of , Egypt. Built for the contractor Gabriel Habib Sakakini and completed in 1897, it stands on the site of a former lake at the meeting point of eight roads.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Daher and Boulaq.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . 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 and .

Suburb
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, is a district of , in . It neighbours , Azbakeya, and the River Nile.

Neighborhood
of Cairo is a district in the Northern Area of , . 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, , and Shubra.

Shubra

Latitude
30.074° or 30° 4′ 26″ north
Longitude
31.249° or 31° 14′ 56″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8G2H36FX+HH
Geo­Names ID
349080
Wiki­data ID
Q2096164
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Satellite Map

Discover Shubra from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Shubra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شبرا”
  • Dutch: “Shubra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شبرا القاهره مصر”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شبرا”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝubra”
  • French: “Shoubra”
  • German: “Shubra”
  • German: “Shubrā”
  • Hebrew: “שוברא”
  • Irish: “Shubra”
  • Japanese: “シュブラ”
  • Persian: “شبرا”
  • Swedish: “Shobra”

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