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Heliopolis, easier to navigate

A planned district in north-east Cairo, with wide avenues and its own early twentieth-century architecture.

Heliopolis

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14 hotels10 restaurants80 discount markets14 supermarkets1 museum2 shops3 landmarks2 cafes

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Population

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134,549

Covers قسم مصر الجديدة (Qism Masr El Gedida), a CAPMAS mid-2017 estimate of Egyptians only, not a final census count; the qism is not identical to Heliopolis as Cairenes use the name.

Source: CAPMAS 2017 population estimate (PDF) ·

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District authority (El Hayy)

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Source: Cairo governorate district page ·

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