Ain Shams

Place in Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Ain Shams عين شمس
30°07′40″N 31°19′45″E / 30.12778°N 31.32917°E / 30.12778; 31.32917
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Cairo Governorate
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Ain Shams (also spelled Ayn or Ein - Arabic: عين شمس, [ʕeːn ʃæms], Coptic: ⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲫⲣⲏ^[1]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.^[2] The name means "Eye of the Sun" in Arabic, referring to the fact that the district contained the ruins of the ancient city of Heliopolis, once the spiritual centre of ancient Egyptian sun-worship, and settled since 3100 BCE following the Predynastic Period.^[3] However, administratively the visible ruins today lie in the district of al-Matariya.^[4]

Administrative subdivisions and population

Ain Shams is divided into six shiakhas (census blocks/quarters), which had a total of 614,391 residents in the 2017 census, making it the third most populous district in Cairo: ^[5] ^[6]

Shiakha	Code 2017	Population
Zahrâ’ et Masâkin al-Ḥilmiyya, al-	013401	206210
Ḥilmiyyat al-Zaytûn	013402	27419
Ḥilmiyyat al-Na`âm	013403	18366
Ṭulumbât `Ayn Shams	013404	207248
`Ayn Shams al-sharqiyya	013405	138591
Manshiyyat al-Taḥrîr	013406	16557

Cairo_-_Ain_Shams_District_Map

External links

Egyptian temple found under Cairo market ABC News, 27 February 2006.
Parts of King Nakhtanebu I's shrine uncovered in Cairo // Ahram Online, 4 October 2015.

Works cited

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ain Shams.

^ "أسماء بعض البلاد المصرية بالقبطية - كتاب لغتنا القبطية المصرية | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org.
^ "Eastern Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ Dobrowolska; et al. (2006), Heliopolis: Rebirth of the City of the Sun, p. 15, ISBN 9774160088.
^ "Egypt's Eternal City - Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
^ Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ The interactive census site is the only available digital source (non-pdf) and must be queried as follows: Statistics and analysis > Population > 2017 Data > Gender >Statistical Tables >Total population and population by sex (Choose location).

30°07′40″N 31°19′45″E / 30.12778°N 31.32917°E / 30.12778; 31.32917

Districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo

Cairo city Cairo Governorate

Abbassia Ain Shams Azbakeya Bulaq Daher Al-Darb al-Ahmar El Marg Helwan Massarah 15th of May Mokattam City of the Dead (al-Qarafa) Manshiyat Naser Nasr City El Qobbah Rhoda Island El Manial El Sakkakini Shubra Shubra El Sahel Rod El Farag Zeitoun
Historical	Coptic Cairo Downtown Cairo Faggala Fustat Islamic Cairo El Matareya Old Cairo
Affluent	Garden City Heliopolis Maadi Zamalek
Newly planned	Badr Madinaty New Cairo El Rehab Fifth Settlement New Heliopolis El Shorouk