Heliopolis, Cairo
Heliopolis
حي مصر الجديدة وحي النزهة Masr al-Gadida and al-Nozha districts | |
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Suburb (initial), two districts (today) | |
Heliopolis Location of Heliopolis within Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 30°06′N 31°20′E / 30.100°N 31.333°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo |
| Established | 1906 |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2022-01) | 387,000 (Masr al-Gadida and al-Nozha districts) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Heliopolis (Arabic: مصر الجديدة, romanized: Miṣr al-Jadīda, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈmɑsˤɾ el ɡɪˈdiːdæ, -eɡ-], lit. "New Egypt") was an early 20th-century suburb outside Cairo, Egypt, which has since merged with Cairo and is administratively divided into the districts of Masr El Gedida and El Nozha in the Eastern Area.
Named after the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis, whose ruins have been found in nearby Ain Shams, modern Heliopolis was established in 1905 by the Heliopolis Oasis Company headed by the Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain and by Boghos Nubar, son of the Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha.
The population in January 2022 of Masr El Gedida was estimated to be 142,017; 244,869 in El-Nozha.