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ShubraAlKhaymah(.)com
Most estimates put Shubra Al Khaymah at 1.1 million people or so. That puts in the top 350 most populated cities in the world.
http://www.mongabay.com/cities_pop_01.htm
Britannica Concise:
Now a little background. It is a northern suburb of Cairo, on the eastern bank of the Nile River. It was formerly a marketplace supplying Cairo with agricultural produce from the rich delta area. In the 1820s the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt built the country's first European-style factories and schools there, and it developed as an industrial centre. The city lies west of the southern terminus of the Isma'iliyah (Ismailia) Canal, which links the Suez Canal with the Nile.
Wikipedia:
fourth largest city in Egypt. It is located at around [show location on an interactive map] 30°7′43″N, 31°14′32″E. The city is located in the north of Cairo and is part of its agglomeration(Great Cairo). The city is known to be inhabitated by workers and their families who work in surrounding factories since forties , but now it represents the great expansion of cairo to north and the big station of rural immigration , its population is around 3.5 millions persons or may be more .
ShubraAlKhaymah(.)com
Most estimates put Shubra Al Khaymah at 1.1 million people or so. That puts in the top 350 most populated cities in the world.
http://www.mongabay.com/cities_pop_01.htm
Britannica Concise:
Now a little background. It is a northern suburb of Cairo, on the eastern bank of the Nile River. It was formerly a marketplace supplying Cairo with agricultural produce from the rich delta area. In the 1820s the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt built the country's first European-style factories and schools there, and it developed as an industrial centre. The city lies west of the southern terminus of the Isma'iliyah (Ismailia) Canal, which links the Suez Canal with the Nile.
Wikipedia:
fourth largest city in Egypt. It is located at around [show location on an interactive map] 30°7′43″N, 31°14′32″E. The city is located in the north of Cairo and is part of its agglomeration(Great Cairo). The city is known to be inhabitated by workers and their families who work in surrounding factories since forties , but now it represents the great expansion of cairo to north and the big station of rural immigration , its population is around 3.5 millions persons or may be more .
