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Encyclopedia > Islamic Cairo

Islamic Cairo is a part of central Cairo often visited by tourists because of its high proportion of historically important mosques and other Islamic monuments. Overlooked by the Cairo Citadel. Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; transliterated: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ... The Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين) is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Cairo. ...



Districts of Cairo

Agouza | Abbassia | Ain Shams | Bulaq | Dokki | Downtown Cairo | El-Manial | El-Marg | El-Quba | El-Tagamu El Khames | Embaba | Garden City | Giza | Haram | Heliopolis | Islamic Cairo | Kerdasa | Maadi | Mataria | Mohandessin | Muqatam | Nasr City | Old Cairo | Rhoda | Shoubra | Shubra El Khiema | Zaitun | Zamalek Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; transliterated: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ... Ain Shams or Ein Shams (شمس ˁAyn Å ams) is a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. ... El Dokki (of either Arabic or Turkish origin, meaning harbor) is a district of greater Cairo, Egypt. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza with Khafres pyramid in the background. ... Heliopolis (Greek Ἡλίου πόλις) was one of the most ancient cities of Egypt, and capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome. ... Maadi (Arabic: ﻯﺩﺎﻌﻤﻟﺍ — el-Ma‛adi) is a suburb south of Cairo, Egypt. ... Zamalek is a district of Cairo, Egypt. ...


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Cairo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1875 words)
Cairo is the sixteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world (the 10th according to 2004 statistics).
Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into two branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.
Cairo's population exploded, increasing from 374,000 in 1882 to 1,312,000 by 1937.
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