Ain Shams (also spelled Ayn or Ein - , , ) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. The name means "Eye of the Sun" in Arabic, referring to the fact that the district contained the ruins of the ancient city of Heliopolis, once the spiritual centre of ancient Egyptian sun-worship, and settled since 3100 BCE following the Predynastic Period.. However, administratively the visible ruins today lie in the district of al-Matariya. the Zoroastrian Persians claimed it was built by Hushang, while the medieval Arabs believed it had been built by an Amelekite king by the name of Al-Walīd ibn Dawmaʿ, or perhaps his son.
Administrative subdivisions and population Ain Shams is divided into six shiakhas (census blocks/quarters), which had a total of 614,391 residents in the 2017 census, making it the third most populous district in Cairo:The interactive census site is the only available digital source (non-pdf) and must be queried as follows: Statistics and analysis > Population > 2017 Data > Gender >Statistical Tables >Total population and population by sex (Choose location).
ShiakhaCode 2017Population Zahrâ’ et Masâkin al-Ḥilmiyya, al-013401206210Ḥilmiyyat al-Zaytûn01340227419Ḥilmiyyat al-Na`âm01340318366Ṭulumbât `Ayn Shams013404207248`Ayn Shams al-sharqiyya013405138591Manshiyyat al-Taḥrîr01340616557
See also Ain Shams University
External links Egyptian temple found under Cairo market ABC News, 27 February 2006. Parts of King Nakhtanebu I's shrine uncovered in Cairo // Ahram Online, 4 October 2015.
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