City
Cairo
Egyptian Arabic informal name is pronounced [ˈkæjɾo]
Also Known As Al-Qahirah (Arabic, meaning the Vanquisher)
Northern Africa
A city on the Nile River at the head of its delta, sited where the river's single channel through the desert opens into the broad fan of waterways that reach the Mediterranean. That position, the last point where the Nile can be bridged or crossed easily before it fans out, has made the site a natural control point between Upper Egypt to the south, the Nile Delta to the north, and the Sinai land route toward the Levant and Asia beyond. The surrounding desert on both sides confines habitable, cultivable land almost entirely to the river's immediate floodplain, so the city and its farmland have always been shaped by the Nile's course far more than by the desert around them.
Facts
Population2023 figure, capital city proper. Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Connections
Associated With
This source names Asia directly: "Sinai land route toward the Levant and Asia beyond."
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cairo is associated with cairo-governorate.
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Egypt, Countries Cairo is Egypt own capital.
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This source names The Mediterranean directly: "the broad fan of waterways that reach the Mediterranean."
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Cairo already carried all six registered city core keys; this edge is added for the connective-edge instruction alone.
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Capital Of
cairo is the capital of cairo-governorate.
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Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
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Origin Of
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was the outcome of the Cairo Conference in Cairo, Egypt, on 27 November 1943
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Within Spain, he traveled to Málaga, Almería before moving on through Ceuta, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, Damietta, Minya, Kush and ‘Aydhab in Africa.
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Source Al-Nu'man, Al-Qadi (Institute of Ismaili Studies)Death in CairoQuote, Death in Cairo
Al-Qadi al-Nu‘man accompanied Imam-caliph al-Mu‘izz to Egypt in 362 AH/ 973 CE and died in Cairo, the new Fatimid capital, on the last day of Jumada II 363 AH/ 27 March 974 CE; his funeral prayer was led by Imam-caliph al-Mu’izz himself.
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He spent several weeks visiting sites in the area, and then headed inland to Cairo, the capital of the Mamluk Sultanate.
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In 1939, Lings went to Cairo, Egypt, to visit a friend who was an assistant of René Guénon.
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In 1926, he took up a post as a professor of English Literature at Cairo University, accompanied by his wife, their children and the poet Laura Riding, with whom he was having an affair.
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The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Yemen.
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Dar El Cadaa El Aly Rue 26 juillet LE CAIRE
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Wikimedia FoundationEtymology section
derived from the Arabic al-Qahirah, meaning the Vanquisher
Names section
ˈkæjɾo
Lead section
It is home to more than 9.8 million people.
Infobox
Area: Capital city: 606 km2 (234 sq mi)
History section
Cairo was founded in 969.
Infobox: population_as_of
2023
Infobox, Elevation
23 m (75 ft)
Infobox, coordinates
30.04444°N 31.23583°E
Associated With: The Nile, Lead/geography section
Located near the Nile Delta.
Capital Of: Egypt, Lead section, capital fact
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate.
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Cairo Governorate (Wikipedia)
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It consists of the city of Cairo, both the capital city of Egypt and the governorate capital.
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