North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Heliopolis

Heliopolis was a major city of ancient Egypt. It was the capital of the Heliopolite or 13th Nome of and a major religious centre. Its site is within the boundaries of and El Matareya, districts in northeastern .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: city of ancient Egypt
  • Also known as: “Ancient Heliopolis”
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qubba Palace and Al Marj.

Castle
Koubbeh Palace or Qubbah Palace is one of the various Egyptian palaces which serve as the country's official guest house for visiting dignitaries. The palace was most likely originally built in the mid-19th century and sold to Khedive Ismail in 1866 by his brother Mustafa Fazl Pasha. is situated 3½ km south of Heliopolis.

Metro station
El-Marg station is a station on the Cairo Metro that is located at El-Marg district in north east , . It is on Line 1 and is an above ground station. is situated 3½ km northeast of Heliopolis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Cairo and Zeitoun.

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The northern districts of Greater form a vast and highly populated region, but which is generally of little interest to the tourist. The ancient city of Heliopolis was here, but it's mostly covered over by urban sprawl of the Matariya neighborhood.

Suburb
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, also al-Zeitoun, is one of the eight districts that make up the Northern Area in , . It is known for its Marian apparitions at the Coptic Church of the Virgin Mary of , reported in 1968–1971. is situated 3½ km south of Heliopolis.

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The eastern districts of are a series of planned communities which have been built away from the congestion of historic Cairo. The most prominent communities are Heliopolis, Nasr City, and New Cairo.

Heliopolis

Latitude
30.12925° or 30° 7′ 45″ north
Longitude
31.30793° or 31° 18′ 29″ east
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
8G2H48H5+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13273052235
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
355956
Wiki­data ID
Q191687
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Heliopolis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Heliopolis”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἡλιούπολις”
  • Arabic: “أون”
  • Arabic: “اون”
  • Arabic: “هليوبليس القديمة”
  • Arabic: “هليوبليس”
  • Arabic: “هليوبولس”
  • Arabic: “هليوبوليس”
  • Asturian: “Heliopolis”
  • Azerbaijani: “Heliopol”
  • Basque: “Heliopolis”
  • Belarusian: “Геліёпаль”
  • Belarusian: “Геліопаль”
  • Bulgarian: “Хелиополис (Египет)”
  • Bulgarian: “Хелиополис”
  • Catalan: “Heliòpolis”
  • Cebuano: “Heliopolis”
  • Chinese: “希里奧波里斯”
  • Chinese: “赫利奥波利斯”
  • Chinese: “赫利奧波利斯”
  • Chinese: “赫利欧波利斯”
  • Chinese: “赫里奥波利斯”
  • Chinese: “赫里奥波里斯”
  • Chinese: “赫里奧波里斯”
  • Croatian: “Heliopolis”
  • Czech: “Héliopolis”
  • Czech: “Iunu”
  • Danish: “Heliopolis”
  • Danish: “Iunu”
  • Dutch: “Annu”
  • Dutch: “Heliopolis”
  • Dutch: “Iunu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عين شمس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هليوبوليس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هليوپوليس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيليوبوليس”
  • Esperanto: “Heliopolo”
  • Finnish: “Heliopolis”
  • Finnish: “Iunu”
  • French: “Aîn-ech-Chams”
  • French: “Heliopolis”
  • French: “Héliopolis”
  • French: “Ionou”
  • French: “Iounou”
  • French: “Onou-Iounou”
  • Galician: “Heliópole”
  • Galician: “Heliópolis”
  • Georgian: “ჰელიოპოლისი”
  • German: “Arab el-Hisn”
  • German: “Heliopolis”
  • German: “Iunu”
  • German: “Maṭarīya”
  • Greek: “Ηλιούπολις”
  • Hausa: “Heliopolis (tsohuwar Misira)”
  • Hausa: “Heliopolis”
  • Hebrew: “און”
  • Hebrew: “הליופוליס”
  • Hungarian: “Héliopolisz”
  • Icelandic: “Helíópólis”
  • Indonesian: “Heliopolis”
  • Italian: “Eliopoli”
  • Italian: “Eliopolis”
  • Italian: “Iunu”
  • Japanese: “ヘリオポリス”
  • Korean: “이우누”
  • Korean: “헬리오폴리스”
  • Latin: “Heliopolis (Aegyptus)”
  • Latin: “Heliopolis”
  • Lithuanian: “Heliopolis”
  • Malagasy: “Heliôpôlisy”
  • Malay: “Heliopolis (Mesir purba)”
  • Malay: “Heliopolis”
  • Marathi: “हेलिओपोलिस, इजिप्त”
  • Marathi: “हेलिओपोलिस”
  • Marathi: “हेलियोपोलिस, इजिप्त”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Heliopolis”
  • Norwegian: “Heliopolis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eliopòlis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eliòpolis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Iono”
  • Persian: “هلیوپلیس”
  • Persian: “هلیوپولیس”
  • Polish: “Heliopolis”
  • Polish: “Misr al-Dżadida”
  • Portuguese: “Heliópolis”
  • Romanian: “Heliopolis”
  • Russian: “Гелиополис”
  • Russian: “Гелиополь”
  • Russian: “Иуну”
  • Serbian: “Хелиополис (Египат)”
  • Serbian: “Хелиополис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Heliopolis (drevni)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Heliopolis”
  • Slovak: “Héliu polis”
  • Slovak: “Iunu”
  • Slovak: “Jonev”
  • Slovak: “Ón”
  • Slovak: “Ówen”
  • Slovenian: “Heliopolis”
  • Spanish: “Heliopolis”
  • Spanish: “Heliópolis”
  • Spanish: “Heliopolitana”
  • Spanish: “Heliopolitano”
  • Spanish: “Iunu”
  • Spanish: “On”
  • Swedish: “Heliopolis, Egypten”
  • Swedish: “Heliopolis”
  • Swedish: “Iunu”
  • Swedish: “On”
  • Tagalog: “Heliopolis”
  • Tagalog: “Helyopolis”
  • Tajik: “Ҳелиюпулис (Мисри Бостон)”
  • Tajik: “Ҳелиюпулис”
  • Tamil: “ஹெல்லியோபோலிஸ் (பண்டைய எகிப்து)”
  • Tamil: “ஹெல்லியோபோலிஸ்”
  • Thai: “แฮลิอูโปลิส”
  • Turkish: “Heliopolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Геліополіс”
  • Ukrainian: “Геліополь”
  • Ukrainian: “Іуну”
  • Urdu: “عين شمس”
  • Vietnamese: “Heliopolis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Heliopolis (kahadto nga Ehipto)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Heliopolis”
  • Yue Chinese: “希里奧波里斯”

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