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Qalyūb (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 10 45 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.1792 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 12 20 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.2056 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town reputedly constructed with materials taken from ruins of Heliopolis; first mentioned in 641, a year after Arab invasion of Byzantine Egypt; town was damaged by soldiers of Mamlūk sultans 1804-1805; industries include cotton & silk weaving. |
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| Qalyūb (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Kalyub (C,O)
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| Qalyûb (C,V)
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| Kalyûb (NA,V)
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| Qaliub (NA,V)
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| قليوب (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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Miṣr (nation) (P) |
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Qalyūb (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first documented in 641 |
| town (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of governorate, until 1850s |
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