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Cairo Governorate

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Cairo Governorate is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt, consisting of the city of Cairo, both the national capital and the governorate's own capital, plus six satellite cities. It had a population of 10,203,693 in January 2023 across an area of about 3,085 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Cairo 1
Population
10,203,693 1
2023 figure from Cairo Governorate's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Area (sq km)
3085 1
Admission Year
2011 1
Latitude
30.033 degrees north 1
Longitude
31.217 degrees east 1
Cairo Governorate
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Cairo Governorate
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Associated With

Cairo, Cities

cairo is associated with cairo-governorate.

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Egypt, Countries

Cairo Governorate is a governorate of Egypt.

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Has Capital

Cairo, Cities

cairo is the capital of cairo-governorate.

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Sources
1. Cairo Governorate (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Cairo (Arabic: محافظة القاهرة) is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It consists of the city of Cairo, both the capital city of Egypt and the governorate capital, in addition to six satellite cities: The New Capital, which became the official seat of national government in April 2024, New Cairo, a suburban satellite city built in the 2000s, El Shorouk, Badr, Capital Gardens, and 15th of May.
  • Infobox, population
    10,203,693 (January 2023)
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    3,085
  • Overview section
    Parts of the governorate, the Helwan district and the satellite cities, were spun off in April 2008 to form the Helwan Governorate, only to be reincorporated into the Cairo Governorate in April 2011.
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead paragraph
    محافظة القاهرة) is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt.
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Wikidata: Cairo Governorate
Wikidata Q30805, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source

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