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What is the name of the large low-income district at the foot of the Mokattam hills, informally known as 'Garbage City', whose residents — mostly Coptic Christians — have built a unique recycling-based micro-economy?
Answer: Manshiyat Naser — Manshiyat Naser, particularly its Zabaleen ('garbage collectors') quarter, is an unplanned settlement where the predominantly Coptic community has created an extraordinarily efficient informal recycling system, collecting and sorting up to 80% of Cairo's municipal waste — among the highest recycling rates in the world achieved without government infrastructure.
- A Imbaba
- B Manshiyat Naser ✓
- C Bulaq al-Dakrur
- D Shubra al-Khayma
Manshiyat Naser, particularly its Zabaleen ('garbage collectors') quarter, is an unplanned settlement where the predominantly Coptic community has created an extraordinarily efficient informal recycling system, collecting and sorting up to 80% of Cairo's municipal waste — among the highest recycling rates in the world achieved without government infrastructure.