Manshiyat Naser

30°01′56.08″N 31°16′31.03″E / 30.0322444°N 31.2752861°E / 30.0322444; 31.2752861

Manshiyat Nasser (Egyptian Arabic: منشية ناصر Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mænˈʃejjet ˈnɑːsˤeɾ]; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛϫⲓⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲛ̀ⲛⲓⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ manjintōudi enikristianos, sometimes called "the Christian suburb",[1] Coptic pronunciation: [mɑnʃɪnˈtoːwdi ənnɪˈkrɪstjɑnos]) is one of the nine districts that make up the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt.[2] It covers 5.54 square kilometers, and was home to 258,372 people in the 2017 census.[3] It borders Nasr City to the east, central Cairo districts to the west (Historic Cairo), and the Mokattam district to the south.

A street in "Garbage City"

It is famous for the Garbage City quarter, which is a slum settlement at the far southern end of Manshiyat Naser, at the base of Mokattam hills on the outskirts of Cairo. Being Cairo's largest concentration of "Zabbaleen" garbage collectors, its economy revolves around the collection and recycling of the city's garbage.

Although Manshiyat Naser has streets, shops, and apartments as other areas of the city, it lacks infrastructure and often has no running water, sewers, or electricity.[4]

  1. ^ Timm, Stefan (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit (Teil 4 M-P). p. 1569.
  2. ^ "Areas". cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  3. ^ Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  4. ^ "MANSHIYAT NASER: The Garbage City - PhMuseum". phmuseum.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.