Which place completes this sentence about Heliopolis, Cairo? In the first design, it was to be composed of two separate oases connected to the center of ______ by a tramline.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Cairo
Heliopolis was an early 20th-century suburb just outside Cairo, planned as a desert oasis and a city of luxury and leisure. The first plan had two separate oases linked to the centre of Cairo by a tramline, one for tourists around the Heliopolis Palace Hotel and the other for factories and workers' homes. Tanta, Aswan and Damanhur are other Egyptian cities, and the suburb lies outside Cairo.
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