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Nasr City (Arabic: مدينة نصر pronounced [mæˈdiːnɪt ˈnɑsˤɾ]) forms two of the nine districts of the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is administratively divided into Nasr City West/One (Gharb Madinet Nasr/awwal), and Nasr City East/Two ( Sharq Madinet Nasr/thani ).
It is famous for the Garbage City quarter, which is a slum settlement at the far southern end of Manshiyat Naser, at the base of Mokattam hills on the outskirts of Cairo. Being Cairo's largest concentration of " Zabbaleen " garbage collectors, its economy revolves around the collection and recycling of the city's garbage.
The area around present-day Cairo had long been a focal point of Ancient Egypt due to its strategic location at the junction of the Nile Valley and the Nile Delta regions (roughly Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt), which also placed it at the crossing of major routes between North Africa and the Levant.
It is the 69th largest stadium in the world and the 3rd largest stadium in Egypt. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year which coincided with the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 [citation needed]
Nasr City was officially established in 1958 by presidential decree from Nasser. The plan was to develop land to the northeast of the heart of Cairo and south of the suburb of Heliopolis. This was to become the largest expansion of Cairo in its history, and initially Nasr City was pronounced as the “city of the revolution.”
The Vibrant Hub of Nasr City: A Modern District of Cairo Heritage and Colorful buildings and Experience Nasr City, one of the busiest areas in Cairo, as known for its modern buildings and large shopping centers along with the lively community life.
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Named after the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis, whose ruins have been found nearby in present-day Ain Shams, modern Heliopolis was established in 1905 by the Heliopolis Oasis Company headed by the Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain and by Boghos Nubar, son of the Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha.
