- Rod El Farag
Rod El Farag ( _ar. روض الفرج, also spelled Road El Farag, Road Elfarag or Road Alfarag) is currently an administrative region forming about one third of
Shobra inCairo ,Egypt . Rod Elfarag neighbours theRiver Nile to the west,Boulaq to the south,Shobra (administrative region) to the east andElsahel to the north.Historically Road Elfarag has been a residential area for centuries and was known in the early twentieth century for its
Night club s.For many years Road El Farag was home to Cairo's biggest fruit and vegetable market, [ [http://www.roughguides.com/website/travel/destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=11&xid=idh569162528_0219 Rough guide] ] until it was relocated to and area on outskirts of
Greater Cairo , like its neighbours it is generally overcrowded (170,000 residents per square kilometre). [ [http://www.roughguides.com/website/travel/destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=11&xid=idh469154864_0218 Bulaq, Shobra and Road El Farag at Rough guide] ]The Road el Farag market used to be the largest in all of Egypt and was the reason why many regional farmers and traders settled in Road El Farag area [ [http://www.aljazeeratalk.net/english/content/view/76/29/ Aljazeera] ] The area were the market used to stand now hosts Road El-Farag Cultural Palace, which stands where the old market used to be. [ [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/473/cu3.htm Ahram weekley] ]
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