El Shorouk

El Shorouk
الشروق
House in El Shorouk
House in El Shorouk
El Shorouk is located in Egypt
El Shorouk
El Shorouk
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°08′42″N 31°38′24″E / 30.144979°N 31.639912°E / 30.144979; 31.639912
Country Egypt
GovernorateCairo
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

El-Shorouk (Arabic: الشروق  pronounced [eʃʃʊˈɾuːʔ, eʃʃɪˈɾuːʔ], "the Sunrise") is a satellite city in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt, also spelt Elshorouk.[1][2] As a "new city" it is administered by the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA).[3] Shorouk is one of the so-called third generation new cities, established by presidential decree 325/1995, allocating 11,000 acres (4,500 ha) of public land to NUCA, in addition to further allocations totalling 53,000 acres (21,000 ha) by 2017.[3]

  1. ^ "Eastern Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ^ "New branch of Egypt's Academy of Arts to open in El-Shorouk City". Ahram Online (in Arabic). 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Shorouk City". New Urban Communities Authority. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.