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Al Massarah المعصرة
District of Cairo
Hayy Al-Massarah
Al MassarahLocation in Egypt
Coordinates: 29°50′43″N 31°20′00″E / 29.84528°N 31.33333°E / 29.84528; 31.33333
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Cairo
Area
• Total	25 sq mi (65 km)
Population
• Total	288,880
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Al-Maasara (Arabic: حي المعصرة) neighborhood is one of the neighborhoods of Cairo Governorate. It is located in the southern region of Cairo Governorate, Egypt. It was previously part of the Helwan neighborhood.

History

Al-Ma'asara has been a historical area since the ancient Egyptian era. It was called the land of "Goshen", then "Shahran" in the Coptic era, and "Al-Ma'asara" in the Islamic era.

References

1. "حى المعصرة". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
2. Massarah, Hey (22 December 2024). "تاريخ حي المعصرة".

External links

• (in German) Helwan on Wikivoyage
• GCatholic

v t e Districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo
Cairo Governorate	Abbassia Ain Shams Azbakeya Bulaq Daher Al-Darb al-Ahmar El Marg Helwan Massarah 15th of May Mokattam City of the Dead (al-Qarafa) Manshiyat Naser Nasr City El Qobbah Rhoda Island El Manial El Sakkakini Shubra Shubra El Sahel Rod El Farag Zeitoun Historical Coptic Cairo Downtown Cairo Faggala Fustat Islamic Cairo El Matareya Old Cairo Affluent Garden City Heliopolis Maadi Zamalek Newly planned Badr Madinaty New Cairo El Rehab Fifth Settlement New Heliopolis El Shorouk
Giza Governorate	Agouza Mit Okba Imbaba Historical Kerdasa Affluent Dokki Mohandessin Newly planned 6th of October Sheikh Zayed
Qalyubia Governorate	Shubra El Kheima Newly planned Obour

• Populated places in Cairo Governorate
• 7th-century establishments in the Umayyad Caliphate
• Populated places established in the 7th century
• Districts of Greater Cairo