El Shorouk, also spelled Elshorouk, is a satellite city in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt, considered an extension of Heliopolis. It is a third generation new city established by presidential decree 325 of 1995, administered by the New Urban Communities Authority, and is mostly residential with a limited number of malls and projects compared with nearby Nasr City and New Cairo.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Sources
1. El Shorouk (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1995-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 340,000
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 30.1448, longitude 31.6296
P2046 (area)
area 214.45 sq km
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