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El Shorouk

Cairo, Egypt · Africa

About El Shorouk

El Shorouk sits on the route: 20 minutes from Badr, 36km from Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.

El Shorouk is in Cairo, Egypt, with about 92,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Badr, about 10 km away.

El-Shorouk (Arabic: الشروق pronounced [eʃʃʊˈɾuːʔ, eʃʃɪˈɾuːʔ], "the Sunrise") is a satellite city in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt, also spelt Elshorouk. El Shorouk is considered as an extension for Heliopolis (Masr El Gedida). The two areas are mostly residential and are characterized by a limited number of malls

Read more and projects that would otherwise cause street congestion, unlike Nasr City and New Cairo which attracts investments and has lots of malls causing streets congestion. As a "new city" it is administered by the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA). 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.

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What is there to see near El Shorouk?

Within an hour or so of El Shorouk: El-Fishawy Café (35 km), Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (36 km), Egyptian Museum Cairo (38 km), Great Sphinx of Giza (49 km).

Where is El Shorouk?

El Shorouk is in Cairo, Egypt, about 10 km from Badr.

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Quick Information

Population
91,899
Continent
Africa
Country
Egypt
Region
Cairo
Timezone
Africa/Cairo
Coordinates
30.1381, 31.6156

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Egypt

Police
122
Ambulance
123
Fire
180
Driving side
right

Tourist police: 126.

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Worth the detour from El Shorouk

6 notable places within an hour's drive.

cafe

El-Fishawy Café

Cairo's oldest coffeehouse, open in a Khan el-Khalili alley since 1797 and run by seven generations of one family. Naguib Mahfouz wrote parts of the Cairo Trilogy in its back rooms, under the same tarnished mirrors.

35 km · about 40 min drive

castle

Citadel of Salah Ed-Din

A medieval Islamic-era fortification on Mokattam Hill in Cairo, built by Saladin to protect the city from Crusader attacks.

36 km · about 40 min drive

museum

Egyptian Museum Cairo

Home to the world's most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, including Tutankhamun's golden treasures.

38 km · about 45 min drive

landmark

Great Sphinx of Giza

Colossal limestone statue with the body of a lion and a human head, guarding the Giza pyramid complex.

49 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Pyramids of Giza

The last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, these 4,500-year-old pyramids are Egypt's most iconic monuments.

50 km · about 55 min drive

museum

Grand Egyptian Museum

The world's largest archaeological museum, built near the Pyramids of Giza to house the complete Tutankhamun collection and over 100,000 artifacts.

51 km · about 60 min drive

Nearby Destinations

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Al Khuşūş

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29 km awayPop. 488,904

Madīnat an Naşr

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31 km awayPop. 668,413

Bilbeis

🇪🇬 Egypt

32 km awayPop. 185,237

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