Cairo
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Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة, usually transliterated as Al-Qāhirah) is the capital and largest city in Egypt. The city name can be translated as the one who won.
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Cairo
القاهرة | |
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Nickname: The City of a Thousand Minarets | |
Coordinates: 30°2′40″N 31°14′9″E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Cairo |
Founded | 969 CE |
Founded by | Fatimid dynasty |
Government | |
• Governor | Atef Abd El Hamid[1] |
Area | |
• Metropolis | 214 km2 (83 sq mi) |
• Metro | 17,267.6 km2 (6,667.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
Population (2017) | |
• Metropolis | 19,500,000 |
• Density | 19,376/km2 (50,180/sq mi) |
• Urban | 18,290,000 |
• Metro | 20,439,541 |
• Demonym | Cairene |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Area code | (+20) 2 |
Website | www.cairo.gov.eg |
Official name | Historic Cairo |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, iii, vi |
Designated | 1979 |
Reference no. | [3] |
State Party | Egypt |
Region | Arab States |
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Cairo has 7,947,121 people. About 17,290,000 people live in its urban area. This makes it the biggest city of the Arab World.[4] It also is the city with the biggest urban area in Africa