Cairo
القاهرة | |
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Nickname: The City of a Thousand Minarets | |
Coordinates: 30°2′40″N 31°14′9″E / 30.04444°N 31.23583°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 |
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.
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
The city is on the Nile River.