Hulwan

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Hulwan, also spelled Helwan or Hilwan is a city in Egypt on the bank of the Nile river, opposite the ruins of Memphis, with a population of about 230,000 (1989). It is a southern suburb of Cairo.

Local industry includes iron, steel, textiles and cement. The area has hot sulphur springs, an astronomical observatory, the Hulwan University and a burial chamber discovered in 1946. It is the terminus of the Cairo's light rail Metro Line 1.

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