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Egypt · General Knowledge · Hard
What is the 'Ard el-Liwa' — a 1,300-acre informal settlement in Giza originally built on state-owned agricultural land — named after?
Answer: A military rank (Brigadier's Land) in reference to army plots sold to officers — Ard el-Liwa ('Land of the Brigadier') was originally land parcelled out to army officers (holders of the rank liwa, or major-general) in the 1960s — over time it densified into one of Cairo's largest informal neighbourhoods, now home to over half a million people with only recent regularization attempts.
- A The Arabic word for 'fertile valley'
- B A military rank (Brigadier's Land) in reference to army plots sold to officers ✓
- C A 19th-century cotton merchant's estate
- D An ancient Nilometer district designation
Ard el-Liwa ('Land of the Brigadier') was originally land parcelled out to army officers (holders of the rank liwa, or major-general) in the 1960s — over time it densified into one of Cairo's largest informal neighbourhoods, now home to over half a million people with only recent regularization attempts.