El Shorouk الشروق |
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city | |
Location in Egypt | |
Coordinates: 30°08′42″N 31°38′24″E / 30.144979°N 31.639912°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Cairo |
Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
El Shorouk (Egyptian Arabic: الشروق pronounced [eʃʃʊˈɾuːʔ]) is a city located at the northeast of Cairo and at the north of New Cairo, in the province of Cairo, in Egypt, which is part of Greater Cairo. It is one of the cities of the third generation was established decision of the President of the Council of Ministers No. (326) of 1995. has been the establishment of the city within the framework of the efforts of the Egyptian state for urban expansion to achieve several development goals, the most important absorb the increasing population to ease population pressure, and the redistribution of the population within the Greater Cairo area, and at the same time raise the standard of living of the population of the region, through the provision of new job opportunities from industrial projects, which will be set up in the city.
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh), as the rest of Egypt.