30°14′29″N 31°24′40″E / 30.2415°N 31.411°E / 30.2415; 31.411 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
Village
Abu Zaabal is located in Egypt
Abu Zaabal
Abu Zaabal
Coordinates: 30°14′29″N 31°24′40″E / 30.24139°N 31.41111°E / 30.24139; 31.41111
CountryEgypt
GovernorateQalyubiyya
Population
 (2006)
 • Total55,938
Time zoneUTC+2:00
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3:00

History

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

  • 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

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

  1. 1 2 "قائمة قرى محافظة القليوبية". areq.net. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 "الجيش المصري في عهد محمد علي باشا الكبير". web.archive.org. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. ↑ "محمد علي والتعليم". web.archive.org. 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ↑ "حوار| اللواء رفيق رزق عبده: نتعاون مع الجانب الكوري لإنتاج وتصنيع الدبابة K9 | بوابة أخبار اليوم الإلكترونية". web.archive.org. 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  6. ↑ "Middle East: In Cold Blood." Time magazine, June 1, 1970
  7. ↑ "Israeli Bombs Kill Civilians Near Cairo"
  8. ↑ Kingsley, Patrick. How did 37 prisoners come to die at Cairo prison Abu Zaabal? The Guardian. 2014 Feb. 22.


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