City · Egypt
Ḩalwān
Helwan is a suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt,directly opposite the ruins of Memphis. Moreover,The area of Helwan witnessed prehistoric, ancient Egyptian, Roman and Muslim era activity,and is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities,with inhabitation beginning in the mid 6th Millennium BCE. The area is known for hosting the worlds oldest dam- Sadd El Kafara ,and being one of the places where Moses was believed to have been born.More recently it was designated as a city until as late as the 1960s, before it became contiguous with the city of Cairo and was incorporated as a district. For a brief period between April 2008 and April 2011 it was redesignated as a city, and served as the capital of the now defunct Helwan Governorate that was split from Cairo and Giza governorates, before being re-incorporated back into them. The kism of Helwan had a population of 521,239 in the 2017 census.
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- Population: 230,000.
- Known for: hosting the worlds oldest dam- Sadd El Kafara, being one of the places.
- Area: 65 sq km.
- Timezone: Africa/Cairo.