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. El Sahel is situated 4½ km south of Musta‘marat ar Rayy.

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 6 km north of Musta‘marat ar Rayy.

Musta‘marat ar Rayy

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Irrigation Housing” and “Musta`marat ar Rayy”
Location: Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

30.13098° or 30° 7′ 52″ north

Longitude

31.22718° or 31° 13′ 38″ east

Elevation

23 metres (75 feet)

Open location code

8G2H46JG+9V

GeoNames ID

7919192

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In Other Languages

“Musta‘marat ar Rayy” goes by many names.

Arabic: “مستعمرة الري”

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