Heliopolis (;, " City of the Sun " or " City of Helios "; Egyptian: ỉwnw ; Arabic: عين شمس, Ain Shams, " Eye of the Sun ") was one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt, the capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome that was located five miles ( 8 km ) east of the Nile to the north of the apex of the Nile Delta.

Bourg-en-Bresse (; Bôrg in Arpitan language ) is a commune in eastern France, capital of the Ain department, and was capital of the former province of Bresse ( Brêsse ).

Al Ain International Airport (; transliterated: Matar al-Ayn ad-Dowaly ) is an airport located in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Al-Ain Sports and Cultural Club (; transliterated: Nady al -' Ayn ) is a professional association football and mult-sports club based in the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates.

The Bugey ( Arpitan: Bugê ) is a historical region in the département of Ain ( En ), France.

Belley ( Arpitan Bèlê ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

In April 1848, Lieutenant William Francis Lynch led an American expedition down the Jordan River into the Dead Sea, that stopped at En Gedi ( Ain Jidy ).

In the Middle East, the first use of the hand cannon is argued to be during the 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut between the Mamluks and Mongols.

It is rare in captivity, although a group is kept at Al Ain Zoo in the United Arab Emirates.

Evidence of the early human occupation of Algeria is demonstrated by the discovery of 1. 8 million year old Oldowan stone tools found at Ain Hanech in 1992.

One of her shortest stories, " Ain " is a sympathetic portrait of a scientist whose concern for Earth's ecological suffering leads him to destroy the entire human race.

Syria's history is replete with civilizations, cities, and kingdoms, including Mari, Ugarit, Ramitha, Bara, Dura-Europos, Karak beaza, Qatora, Ain Dara, Basofan, Arwad, Shahba, Qanwat, Salkhad, Apamea, Hamoukar, Emar, and many others.

* c. 7200 – 5000 BC — Ain Ghazal, Jordan is inhabited.

The Depression is an important habitat for the cheetah, with the largest number of recent sightings being in areas in the northern, western and northwestern part of the Qattara Depression, including the highly isolated, wild oases of Ain EI Qattara and Ein EI Ghazzalat and numerous Acacia groves both inside and outside the depression.

It is now called ' Ain Helweh.

Ain is composed of four geographically different areas ( Bresse, Dombes, Bugey and Pays de Gex ) which – each with its own characteristics – contribute to the diversity and the dynamic economic development of the department.

In the beginning of the 15th century almost the whole region of Ain is united under the banner of Savoy.

The future department of Ain is now French.

Ain is subdivided into 9 districts, 49 cantons and 501 communes.

Ain is a department of geographic contrasts: In the north the plain of Bresse is bordered by the river Saône and rises slightly towards the north-east.

Its main tributaries are the Seran ( 50 km ) and notably the river Ain ( 190 km ) which is fed itself by 118 small rivers and creeks.

Ain is situated at the crossroads of a large national and international flow of commodities and is therefore an important transit region.

In addition to a well-developed transport network of former national roads, which were transferred to the department in 2007, the Department of Ain is crisscrossed by 220 km of highway.

The department of Ain disposes moreover of two waterways, the rivers Saône and Rhone, on which building material is shipped ( gravel etc .).

The department of Ain is marked by very dynamic demographics.

With an unemployment rate of only 5 % ( compared to 7 % in the region Rhône-Alpes and 8 % in France ), a close-meshed tissue of 11, 500 small and medium enterprises ( SMEs ) and a fast growing, export-oriented economy ( main clients: Germany, Italy and Spain ) the department of Ain is in economic terms one of the most dynamic regions of France.

Despite its rural image the department of Ain is highly industrialised.

Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation.

The Congress of Vienna dissolves the department of Léman and assigns the arrondissement Gex to the department of Ain.

World War II ( 1939 – 1945 ) vehemently strikes the department of Ain and takes its toll: 600 people are deported, half of them do not return.

With more than a third of all employees working in the industrial and public works sector Ain is holding the 6th rank of all departments as regards the degree of industrialisation and it is the most industrialised department within the region Rhône-Alpes.

In 1992 the City of Bourg-en-Bresse, the department of Ain and the local Chamber of Industry and Commerce founded the technology platform " Alimentec ".

The industrial tissue of the department of Ain is also a result of its metal processing ( cables, wire drawing, electrical wires ) and engineering industry ( automobile industry, France's most important site for truck production ) as shows the presence of several major companies in this sector ( Tréfileurope, Alcatel Cables, Renault Trucks ).

With a total of 22, 973 employees and 9, 000 self-employed persons the commercial sector contributes significantly to the overall employment in the department ( source: Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Ain, 2006 ).

More than 9, 000 handcraft businesses in the department of Ain highlight the particular economic importance of this sector.

In economic terms tourism in the department of Ain means 300 million € of business volume and 10, 000 direct jobs as well as another 10, 000 indirect employments.

During the season 2006 2. 5 million nights have been passed in the department compared to 2. 7 million in 2002 ( source: Committee for Tourism in the Department of Ain, 2006 ).

Several colleges and research institutions which are situated in Bourg-en-Bresse and Bellignat have settled in the department of Ain.

The department of Ain consists of 4 arrondissements, 43 cantons and 419 communes.

* Communes of the Ain department

Ferney-Voltaire is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.