Heliopolis was an early 20th century suburb outside Cairo, Egypt, which has since merged with Cairo and is administratively divided into the districts of Masr El Gedida and El Nozha in the Eastern Area.
The exterior of Baron Empain Palace
Suburban avenues in Heliopolis
Heliopolis – Boulevard Ibrahim
The domes of Saint Mark's Church, one of the oldest Coptic churches in Heliopolis
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East, the Greater Cairo metropolitan area, which is the 12th-largest in the world by population with a population of over 22.1 million.
Image: Cairo From Tower (cropped)
Image: Mosque of Ibn Tulun and spiral minaret of Mamluk Sultan Lajin, 1296, Cairo
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Image: Complex of Al Sultan Al Zahir Barquq 009