Shubra

El-Gesr Street in Shubra, Cairo. This street, like many others throughout Shubra's neighborhoods, is almost entirely covered with trees.

Shubra (Arabic: شبرا, IPA: [ˈʃobɾɑ]; Coptic: ϭⲱⲡⲣⲟ Šopro; also written Shoubra or Shobra) is a district of Cairo, Egypt and it is one of eight districts that make up the Northern Area.[1] Administratively it used to cover the entire area of the three districts of Shubra, Rod El Farag, and El Sahel, until it was broken up in 1988.[2][3] Therefore, many places associated with the original, larger Shubra are known as belonging to it, even though administratively they lie in one of the other two districts.

The larger Shubra is historically related to the city of Shubra El Kheima, although in the Qalyubiyya Governorate immediately to the north of Shubra, and contiguous to it.

  1. ^ "Cairo Districts". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  2. ^ "Prime Ministerial Decree 994/1988". The Official Gazette. 1988-09-19.
  3. ^ "Shubrā". Tadamun. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2023-02-08.