Inshas
Village in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
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Inshas
أنشاص الرمل | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Inshas | |
| Coordinates: 30°22′52″N 31°27′30″E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Sharqia Governorate |
| Markaz | Bilbeis |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Inshas (Arabic: أنشاص الرمل) is a village located in Bilbeis, Sharqia Governorate, 60 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt.[1]
It holds the first experimental nuclear reactor to be operated in Egypt ETRR-1 as well as the second experimental reactor ETRR-2, the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority Experimental Farm, unauthorized IAEA.[2]
Following the creation of the Arab League in March 1945, Inshas held the first Arab League Summit in May 1946.[3]
Inshas hosts the Thunderbolt School, a training facility for the Egyptian army's El-Sa'ka Forces.[4] The facility was used to train Palestinian commandos (fedayeen), including members of the Arab Nationalist Movement between 1962 and 1965.[5]
The village has a mosque, named for King Farouk I and managed by the Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowments.[1] Construction of the mosque begun in 1923, during the reign of Farouk's predecessor, King Fuad I, and was completed in preparation for the 1946 Arab Summit.
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