Helwan (Arabic: حلوان Ḥelwān, IPA: [ħelˈwæːn], Coptic: ϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲁⲛ, romanized: Halwan[1]) is a suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt.

[8] During the early part of the 20th century, the city was the site of RAF Helwan, a major British airfield, which was later used by the Egyptian Air Force.

The site continues to use electricity from the Aswan Dam and iron ore from Egypt's western deserts.

[4] Alphocranon was important enough in the Late Roman province of Arcadia Aegypti to be a suffragan of its Metropolitan Archbishop of Oxyrhynchus.

In the 2017 census, Helwan had 521,239 residents in 8 shiakhas:[5] Local industry includes iron, steel, textiles and cement.

The area has hot sulphur springs, an astronomical observatory, the Helwan University and a burial chamber (discovered in 1946).