Cairo

Cairo القاهرة
Metropolis
Clockwise from top: View of the Nile, Muizz Street, Baron Empain Palace, Cairo Citadel, Talaat Harb Square, Ibn Tulun Mosque
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Nickname:  The City of a Thousand Minarets
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Coordinates: 30°2′40″N 31°14′9″E / 30.04444°N 31.23583°E / 30.04444; 31.23583
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Cairo
Founded	969 CE
Founded by	Fatimid dynasty
Government
• Governor	Atef Abd El Hamid[1]
Area [2]
• 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
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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.

1. ↑ "محافظ القاهرة يرفض تطوير المستثمرين الحدائق.. ويؤكد: "هيسحلوا الغلابة"". Retrieved 14 September 2016.
2. ↑ "Cairo | national capital, Egypt". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
3. ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Historic Cairo – UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
4. ↑ Demographia World Urban Areas & Population Projections (PDF), Demographia, April 2009, retrieved 9 July 2009