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Cairo (/ ˈ k aɪ r oʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized: al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, home to 10 million people.
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The city of Cairo has a hot desert climate (BWh), meaning it has a hot, sunny and dry climate a year long. The city, however, has more humiditythan other cities with the hot desert climate (BWh).
The area around the city was an important focal point of Ancient Egypt. In 968, the Fatimids entered Egypt and they made Cairo the capital of their caliphate. The Al Azhar mosque and university was made in 972. This became the world's oldest university. It is the most widely known seminary in the Islamic world. In 1992, Cairo was devastated by a 5....
The great pyramids of Giza and the step pyramidof Sakkara are just outside of the city. The Egyptian Museum holds the world’s largest collection of antiquities from the time of the ancient Pharaohs. Many treasures from the tomb of King Tutankhamunare in this museum.
People from Cairo are called 'Cairenes'. 1. Abu Sa'id al-Afif- Fifteenth Century Samaritian 2. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General of the United Nations 3. Naguib Mahfouz, novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988. 4. Mido, Professional soccer player with Middlesbrough F.C 5. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International At...
Media related to Cairoat Wikimedia CommonsGeographic data related to Cairo at OpenStreetMapCairo information Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machineat yatb.info- 969 CE
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Cairo (pronounced KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East (the regions which it conveniently straddles).
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Oct 6, 2018 · Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is the 12th-largest in the world by population with a population of over 22.1 million.
Cairo , Arabic Al-Qāhirah, City (pop., 2006: city, 7,786,640; 2007 est.: urban agglom., 16,100,000), capital of Egypt. Located on the banks of the Nile River near the site of a Roman city captured by the Arabs in 641, Al-Fusṭāṭ was first built by the Arabs as a military camp.
Historic Cairo. Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, madrasas, hammams and fountains. Founded in the 10th century, it became the new centre of the Islamic world, reaching its golden age in the 14th century.
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