Helwan

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Helwan (Arabic: حلوان‎ Ḥelwān, IPA: [ħelˈwæːn]), also spelled Hilwan or Hulwan or Holwan, is a city in Egypt and part of Greater Cairo, on the bank of the Nile, opposite the ruins of Memphis. Originally a southern suburb of Cairo, it served as the capital of the now defunct Helwan Governorate from April 2008 to April 2011, after which it was re-incorporated into the Cairo Governorate. The kism of Helwan had a population of 643,327 at the 2006 population census.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helwan
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Coordinates:   29°49'40"N   31°19'22"E
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