Abu Zaabal Explained

Abu Zaabal or Abu Za'bal ( ALA-LC: ) (pronounced as /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.

Abu Zaabal
Native Name Lang:el
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Coordinates:30.2414°N 31.4111°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Qalyubiyya
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:55,938
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto

History

The older name of the town is al-Quseir .[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. 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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: قائمة قرى محافظة القليوبية . 2023-01-17 . areq.net.
  2. [Abd al-Rahman al-Rafai]
  3. Web site: 2017-06-20 . الجيش المصري في عهد محمد علي باشا الكبير . 2023-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170620135820/http://www.faroukmisr.net:80/mohamed_ali.htm . 2017-06-20 .
  4. Web site: 2018-09-22 . محمد علي والتعليم . 2023-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180922185311/http://www.coptichistory.org:80/new_page_1458.htm . 2018-09-22 .
  5. Web site: 2022-11-06 . حوار اللواء رفيق رزق عبده: نتعاون مع الجانب الكوري لإنتاج وتصنيع الدبابة K9 بوابة أخبار اليوم الإلكترونية . 2023-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221106102146/https://m.akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/3697450/1/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%82-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7 . 2022-11-06 .
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20090428124725/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878279-1,00.html "Middle East: In Cold Blood."
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19700213&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "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.