El Shorouk
Al-Shorouk is a satellite city in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. As a 'new city' it is administered by the New Urban Communities Authority. Shorouk is one of the so-called Third Generation new cities, established by Presidential Decree 325/1995 allocating 11,000 acres of public land to NUCA, in addition to further allocations totalling 53,000 acres by 2017.Photo: Ashashyou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Shorouk
- Type: Locality with 91,900 residents
- Description: city in Egypt
- Categories: city and planned community
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.1381° or 30° 8' 17" northLongitude
31.6156° or 31° 36' 56" eastPopulation
91,900Elevation
191 metres (627 feet)Open Location Code
8G2H4JQ8+66GeoNames ID
7799998Wikidata ID
Q12188944El Shorouk Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: الشروق
- Arabic: مدينة الشروق
- Arabic: مدينه الشروق
- Asturian: El Shorouk
- Chinese: 舒鲁克
- Dutch: Al Shorouk City, Cairo
- Egyptian Arabic: مدينه الشروق
- Egyptian Arabic: مدينه الشروق الجديده
- English: Al Shorouk City, Cairo
- English: El-Sherouk
- English: El-Sherouk City, Cairo
- English: El-Sherouk City
- English: El Sherouk
- English: El Sherouk City, Cairo
- English: El Shorouk City
- French: El Shorouk
- German: El Shorouk City
- German: asch-Schuruq
- Greek: Ελ Σορούκ
- Polish: Asz-Szuruk
- Spanish: Ash-Shurūq
- Urdu: الشروق
- Zulu: El Shorouk
Other Places Named El Shorouk
In the Area
El Shorouk is situated close to the city Madinaty and the locality Madīnat al-Huckstep.
Localities
- Madīnat aţ Ţalā’i‘Locality, 7 km north
- As Sinn al AsmarArea, 8 km south
- BadrCity, 12 km east
- Al-'UbūrLocality, 16 km northwest
- Ar RubayqīLocality, 17 km east
- Al BanafsajLocality, 17 km southwest
Landmarks
- French University of EgyptUniversity
- At Tabbah as Samrā’Hill
- At Tall aţ ŢawīlHill
- Tall at TawfīqHill
- Tall al QiţţahHill, 4 km south
- Şawwānat ad DabbahHill, 5 km southeast
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page El Shorouk. Photo: Ashashyou, CC BY-SA 4.0.