The northern districts of Greater Cairo 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.

Qalyub

Town

Qalyub is a city containing a rural markaz, and an urban one. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate of Egypt, in the northern part of the Cairo metropolitan area, at the start of the Nile Delta. Qalyub is situated 7 km west of Balaqs.

Balaqs

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

30.17707° or 30° 10′ 38″ north

Longitude

31.28112° or 31° 16′ 52″ east

Elevation

23 metres (75 feet)

Open location code

8G2H57GJ+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 324557596

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

359321

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to French—“Balaqs” goes by many names.

Arabic: “بلقس”
French: “Belkeis”

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