Abu Zaabal
30°14′29″N 31°24′40″E / 30.2415°N 31.411°E
Abu Zaabal or Abu Za'bal (Arabic: أبو زعبل, ALA-LC: Abū Zaʻbal ) (Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [æbuˈzæʕbæl]) is a huge industrial settlement in Egypt and one of the villages of Al-Khanka Administrative Center in the Qalyubia Governorate in the Egyptian Republic.[1]
Abu Zaabal | |
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Village | |
  Abu Zaabal | |
| Coordinates: 30°14′29″N 31°24′40″E / 30.24139°N 31.41111°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Qalyubiyya |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 55,938 |
| Time zone | UTC+2:00 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3:00 |
History
[edit]The older name of the town is al-Quseir (Arabic: القصير, lit. 'small castle').[1]
During the reign of Mahammad Ali Pasha, the village included the military preparatory school to prepare students to enter military schools, which had a capacity of about 500 students, after it was transferred to it from the El-Qasr el-Eini area in Cairo, where it now had a capacity for about 1,200 students,[2][3] and the Infantry School was also moved to it in the year 1841 from Damietta.[3][2] In 1827, the village was also the cradle of the first medical school established in Egypt.[4]
In modern Egypt, the area is an industrial suburb of Cairo, with an extensive military–industrial complex and well-developed chemical industries. It is home to the Armoured production and repair factory, Abu Zaabal Engineering Industries, Abu Zaabal Specialized Industries and Abu Zaabal Specialized Chemicals. [5]
1970 bombing incident
[edit]- On February 13, 1970, an Israeli Air Force bomber dropped bombs and napalm on an industrial plant in Abu Za'abal, killing 80 civilian workers.[6][7]
2013 prisoners killed in prison custody incident
[edit]In August 2013, 37 prisoners at Abu Za'abal prison were killed after guards fired tear gas into an overfilled transport truck containing prisoners during intense heat.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "قائمة قرى محافظة القليوبية". areq.net. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ a b Abd al-Rahman al-Rafai (2000)."الجيش". تاريخ الحركة القومية، وتطور نظام الحكم، ج3 عصر محمد علي. "مكتبة الأسرة. القاهرة: مطابع الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب. ص. ص 325-366. ISBN 977-01-6930-7.
- ^ a b "الجيش المصري في عهد محمد علي باشا الكبير". 2017-06-20. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "محمد علي والتعليم". 2018-09-22. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "حوار| اللواء رفيق رزق عبده: نتعاون مع الجانب الكوري لإنتاج وتصنيع الدبابة K9 | بوابة أخبار اليوم الإلكترونية". 2022-11-06. Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Middle East: In Cold Blood." Time magazine, June 1, 1970
- ^ "Israeli Bombs Kill Civilians Near Cairo"
- ^ Kingsley, Patrick. How did 37 prisoners come to die at Cairo prison Abu Zaabal? The Guardian. 2014 Feb. 22.
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