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Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
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Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
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Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
* Adjectival(s): Cairene * Demonym(s): Cairene


Geography of Cairo

Geography of Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
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city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
* Population of Cairo: 9,153,135 * Area of Cairo: 606 km2 (234 sq mi)


Location of Cairo

* Cairo is situated within the following regions: ** Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere ***
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North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
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Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
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Greater Cairo The Greater Cairo Region (GCR; ar, القاهرة الكبرى, Al-Qāhira al-Kubrā) is th an economic region with no administrative body comprising the three governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubia. Within it lies the largest metopolitan are ...
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Egypt Standard Time Egypt Standard Time (EGY) ( ''Tawqīt Miṣr al-qiyāsiyy'') is UTC+02:00, which is equivalent to Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time and Central European Summer Time, and is co-linear with neighbouring ...
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Environment of Cairo

* Climate of Cairo


Natural geographic features of Cairo

* Hills in Cairo **
Mokattam The Mokattam ( arz, المقطم  , also spelled Muqattam), also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of a range of hills and a suburb in them, located in southeastern Cairo, Egypt. Etymology The Arabic name ''Mokattam'' ...
* Islands in Cairo ** Gezira **
Roda Island Roda Island (or Rawdah Island, ,   ) is an island located on the Nile in central Cairo.http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/rawdah.htm Touregypt: Rawdah Island; accessed 02-28-2011 The mamluk Bahri dynasty originally settled on Roda Is ...
* Rivers in Cairo **
Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest ...
* World Heritage Sites in Cairo **
Islamic Cairo Islamic Cairo ( ar, قاهرة المعز, lit= Al-Mu'izz's Cairo), also called Historic Cairo or Medieval Cairo, refers generically to the historic areas of Cairo, Egypt, that existed before the city's modern expansion during the 19th and 20th ce ...


Areas of Cairo

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Coptic Cairo Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. It is believed in Christian tradition that t ...
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Downtown Cairo Downtown Cairo ( arz, وسط البلد '' "middle of town")'', has been the urban center of Cairo, Egypt, since the late 19th century, when the district was designed and built. History Downtown Cairo was designed by prestigious French archit ...
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Islamic Cairo Islamic Cairo ( ar, قاهرة المعز, lit= Al-Mu'izz's Cairo), also called Historic Cairo or Medieval Cairo, refers generically to the historic areas of Cairo, Egypt, that existed before the city's modern expansion during the 19th and 20th ce ...
* Old Cairo


Districts of Cairo

* Azbakeya *
Bulaq Boulaq ( ar, بولاق, Būlāq from "guard, customs post"), is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile. History The westward shift of the Nile, especially between 1050 and 1350, made land ava ...
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Daher Daher, or DAHER, is a French industrial conglomerate. It is operational across the aerospace, defence, nuclear, and automotive industrial sectors in the fields of manufacturing, services, and transport. It was founded in 1863 as a shipping ...
* El Manial * El Qobbah * El Sakkakini *
Faggala Faggala ( ar, الفجّالة) is a district of Cairo, Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land b ...
* Garden City * Heliopolis *
Maadi Maadi ( ar, المعادي / transliterated:   ) is a leafy suburban district south of Cairo, Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile about upriver from downtown Cairo. The Nile at Maadi is parallelled by the Corniche, a waterfront promenade a ...
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Nasr City Nasr City ( ar, مدينة نصر  ) is a district of Cairo, Egypt. It is located to the east of the Cairo Governorate and consists mostly of condominia. It was established in the 1960s as an extension to neighboring settlement of Heliop ...
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Shubra Shoubra ( ar, شبرا, ; Coptic: '; also written Shubra or Shobra) is one of the largest districts of Cairo, Egypt and it is administratively divided into three areas: Shubra, Road El Farag, and Elsahel. Etymology Although Shoubra has been im ...
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Zamalek Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east ...
* Zeitoun


Neighbourhoods in Cairo

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Abbassia Abbassia ( ar, العباسية  ) is a neighbourhood in Cairo, Egypt. The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo is located in Abbassia. The medical faculty of Ain Shams University and its affiliate hospital units are located in Ab ...


Locations in Cairo

* Tourist attractions in Cairo ** Museums in Cairo ***
Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or the Cairo Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display a ...
** Shopping areas and markets *** Qasaba of Radwan Bey ** World Heritage Sites in Cairo *** Giza pyramid complex ****
Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid of Giza is the biggest Egyptian pyramid and the tomb of Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu. Built in the early 26th century BC during a period of around 27 years, the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Worl ...
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Pyramid of Khafre The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren ( ar, هرم خفرع, translit=haram ḵafraʿ, ) is the second-tallest and second-largest of the 3 Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled . ...
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Pyramid of Menkaure The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. It is thought to have been built to serve as the tomb of the Fourth Dynast ...
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Ancient monuments in Cairo

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Babylon Fortress Babylon Fortress (; ) is an Ancient Roman fortress, built around 30 BC with the arrival of emperor Augustus in Egypt, on the eastern bank of the Nile Delta, located in the area known today as Coptic Cairo. It is situated in the former area of th ...
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Statue of Ramesses II The Statue of Ramesses II is a 3,200-year-old figure of Ramesses II, depicting him standing. It was discovered in 1820 by Giovanni Battista Caviglia at the Great Temple of Ptah near Memphis, Egypt. It is made from red granite and weighs 83 ton ...


Bridges in Cairo

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6th October Bridge The 6th October Bridge ( ar, كوبري 6 أكتوبر, ) is an elevated highway in central Cairo, Egypt. The bridge and causeway crosses the Nile twice from the west bank suburbs, east through Gezira Island to Downtown Cairo, and on to connect ...
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Boulak Bridge The Boulak Bridge (also called the Boulac Bridge, Abou El Ela Bridge, Abou al-Ela Bridge) was a bridge that crossed the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. It linked Gezira Island to Bulaq Boulaq ( ar, بولاق, Būlāq from "guard, customs post"), i ...
* Imbaba Bridge *
Qasr El Nil Bridge The Qasr El Nil Bridge (originally named ''Khedive Ismail Bridge''), also commonly spelled Kasr El Nil Bridge, is a historic structure dating from 1931 which replaced the first bridge to span the Nile River in central Cairo, Egypt. It connects ...


Cultural and exhibition centres in Cairo

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El Sawy Culture Wheel El Sawy Culture Wheel ( ar, ساقية الصاوى) ( transliterated: Sakkiat Al-Sawy) is a cultural center on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district on central Cairo, Egypt. Named after its founder and owner, Abdelmoniem El-Sawy, it is considered ...


Forts in Cairo

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Cairo Citadel The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin ( ar, قلعة صلاح الدين, Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt ...


Fountains in Cairo

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Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda Sabil-Kuttab of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda ( ar, سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا) is a historic monument in the Islamic Cairo, historic district of Cairo, Egypt. It comprises a public fountain or Sebil (fountain), ''sabil'', an elemen ...


Gates in Cairo

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Bab al-Futuh Bab al-Futuh ( ar, باب الفتوح, , Conquest Gate) is one of three remaining gates in the city wall of the old city of Cairo, Egypt. It is located at the northern end of al-Mu'izz Street. The other two remaining gates are Bab al-Nasr (Victory ...
* Bab al-Nasr *
Bab Zuweila Bab Zuweila or Bab Zuwayla ( ar, باب زويلة) is one of three remaining gates in the city wall of the Old City of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. It was also known as Bawabbat al-Mitwali during the Ottoman period. It is considered one of the ...


Monuments and memorials in Cairo

* Emir Qurqumas Complex * Mausoleum of Saad Zaghloul * Unknown Soldier Memorial


Museums and art galleries in Cairo

Museums in Cairo *
6th of October Panorama The 6th of October War Panorama is a museum and memorial to the 1973 October war, located in Heliopolis, Cairo. Constructed over an area of 7.5 feddans (around 32,000 square metres), it was inaugurated on 5 October 1989 by former Egyptian presiden ...
* Bayt Al-Suhaymi * Beit El-Umma *
Carriage Museum A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis. Carriage suspensions are by leather strapping an ...
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Coptic Museum The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. The museum traces the history of Egypt from its b ...
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Egyptian Geological Museum The Egyptian Geological Museum is a museum in Cairo, Egypt. The museum was established in 1901 as part of the Egyptian Geological Survey, which had been started in 1896 under the direction of the Khedive Ismail. The museum was the first of its ki ...
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Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or the Cairo Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display a ...
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Anubis Shrine The Anubis Shrine was part of the burial equipment of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun, whose tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered almost intact in 1922 by Egyptologists led by Howard Carter. Today the object, with the find ...
* Egyptian National Military Museum * Gayer-Anderson Museum * Gezira Center for Modern Art * Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum *
Mukhtar Museum ] Mukhtar Museum is a museum in Cairo, Egypt, housing the sculptures of Mahmoud Mokhtar Mahmoud Mukhtar ( ar, محمود مختار) (May 10, 1891 – March 28, 1934) was an Egyptian sculptor. He attended the College of Fine Arts in Cairo upo ...
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Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Cairo, Egypt is considered one of the greatest museums in the world, with its exceptional collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all p ...
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Museum of Islamic Ceramics The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in Cairo's Zamalek island, which is used as the Egypt's first ceramics museum, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics and as an art center. History and location The palace is located in the Gezira ...
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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is a large museum ( ) in the ancient city of Fustat, now part of Cairo, Egypt. The museum partially opened in February 2017 and will display a collection of 50,000 artefacts, presenting Egyptian ...
* Qasr Al-Eini Museum * The Townhouse Gallery


Palaces and villas in Cairo

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Abdeen Palace Abdeen Palace ( ar, قصر عابدين) is a historic Cairo palace built as one of the official residences for the former ruling monarchy and royal family of Egypt. It is now one of the official residences and the principal workplace of the Pr ...
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Al-Gawhara Palace Al-Gawhara Palace ( ar, قصر الجوهرة ''Qaṣr al-Gawhara''), also known as Bijou Palace, is a palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt. The palace is situated south of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali in the Cairo Citadel. It was commissioned by Muha ...
* Amir Alin Aq Palace * Amir Taz Palace * Baron Empain Palace *
Beshtak Palace The Beshtak Palace or Qasr Bashtak ("Palace of Bashtak") is a historic palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt, built by the Mamluk amir Sayf al-Din Bashtak al-Nasiri in the 14th century. It is located on Shari'a al-Mu'izz (al-Mu'izz street), in the ar ...
* Dubara Palace *
Gezirah Palace The Gezirah Palace was one of the Egyptian royal palaces of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty. It is located in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the Nile, just west of Downtown Cairo. History The Gezirah Palace, designed by Carl von Diebitsc ...
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Heliopolis Palace The Heliopolis Palace ( ar, قصر رئاسة الجمهورية, ', "Palace of the Presidency of the Republic" or ', "Federation Palace".) is one of the three Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being Montaza Palace and R ...
* Khairy Pasha Palace *
Koubbeh Palace Koubbeh Palace, (Arabic ) is one of the various Egyptian palaces which serve as the country's official guest house for visiting dignitaries. The palace was most likely originally built in the mid-19th century and sold to Khedive Ismail in 1866 ...
* Manial Palace and Museum * Palace of Yashbak *
Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in Cairo's Zamalek island, which is used as the Egypt's first ceramics museum, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics and as an art center. History and location The palace is located in the Gezira ...
* Tahra Palace * Tara * Zaafarana palace


Parks and gardens in Cairo

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Al-Azhar Park Al-Azhar Park ( ar, حديقة الأزهر ) is a public park located in Cairo, Egypt. Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces. The park was created by the Histo ...


Public squares in Cairo

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Tahrir Square Tahrir Square ( ar, ميدان التحرير ', , English: Liberation Square), also known as "Martyr Square", is a major public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations in Cai ...


Religious buildings in Cairo

Mosques in Cairo A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, i ...
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Al-Azhar Mosque Al-Azhar Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأزهر, al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit=The Resplendent Congregational Mosque, arz, جامع الأزهر, Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the histori ...
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Al-Hakim Mosque The Mosque of al-Hakim ( ar, مسجد الحاكم بأمر الله, Masjid al-Ḥākim bi Amr Allāh), nicknamed al-Anwar ( ar, الانور, lit=the Illuminated), is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. It is named after Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (98 ...
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All Saints' Cathedral All Saints Cathedral or variations may refer to: Argentina *All Saints Cathedral, Santa Fe Canada *All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton, Alberta *All Saints Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia China * All Saints' Cathedral, Hong Kong Egypt *All ...
* Church of St. George *
Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay The funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay is an architectural complex built by Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay in Cairo's Northern Cemetery, completed in 1474. It is often considered one of the most beautiful and accomplished monuments of late Egyptian M ...
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The Hanging Church Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church ( ''Church of Mother of God Saint Mary in Egyptian Babylon''), also known as the Hanging Church ( ar, الكنيسة المعلقة, al-Kanīsa al-Muʿallaqa, ), is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which ...
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Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya The Mashhad of Sayyidah Ruqayyah ( ar, مـشـهـد الـسـيـدة رقـيـة, Mashhad al-Sayyidah Ruqayyah), also referred to as the Mausoleum or Tomb of Sayyida Ruqayya, is a 12th-century Islamic religious shrine and mosque in Cairo, Eg ...
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Mosque of Amr ibn al-As The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As ( ar, جامع عمرو بن العاص), or Taj al-Jawame' ( ar, تاج الجوامِع, lit=Crown of Mosques), or Masjid Ahl ar-Rayah ( ar, مسجد اهل الرّاية, lit=Mosque of the Banner Bearers), or Ja ...
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Mosque of Ibn Tulun The Mosque of Ibn Tulun ( ar, مسجد إبن طولون, Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the oldest mosques in Egypt as well as the whole of Africa surviving in its full original form, and is the largest mosque in ...
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Mosque of Muhammad Ali The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha or Alabaster Mosque ( ar, مسجد محمد علي; tr, Mehmet Ali Paşa Camii) is a mosque situated in the Cairo Citadel, Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and was commissioned by Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Muhammad ...
* Muhammad Bek Abu El Dahab Complex *
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church located in the Abbassia District in Cairo, Egypt. The cathedral is the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope. It was built during the time when Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria was Pope of the Co ...
* St. Peter and St. Paul's Church


Secular buildings in Cairo

* Bank Misr Building * Belmont Building * Headquarters of the Arab League * Khanqah of Baybars II *
Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad The Madrasa of Al-Nasir Muhammad is a madrasa and mausoleum located in the Bayn al-Qasrayn area of Muizz Street, al-Muizz street in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in the name of the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, but its construction beg ...
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Madrasa of Sarghatmish The cruciform Madrasah of the Amir Sarghatmish, built in 1356, lies to the northeast of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, in Islamic Cairo. The building's school, mosque, and mausoleum can be seen from Ibn Tulun's spiral minaret, while its entrance is on S ...
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Maspero television building Maspero ( ar, ماسبيرو  ) is the name of the huge building on the bank of the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt. It is the headquarters of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (formerly the Arab Radio and Television Union, the oldest s ...
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The Mogamma The Mogamma (Arabic: مجمع التحرير, also spelled ''Mugamma'', roughly translated as 'the complex') is a government building in Cairo, Egypt. The Mogamma was the result of a series of master plans for the Qasr el Nil area (now Tahrir Squ ...
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Qalawun complex The Qalawun complex ( ar, مجمع قلاون) is a massive pious complex in Cairo, Egypt, built by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun from 1284 to 1285. It is located at Bayn al-Qasrayn on al-Mu'izz street and like many other pious complexes includes a hosp ...
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Ramses Exchange The Ramses Exchange is a telecoms building in central Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomeratio ...
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Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda Sabil-Kuttab of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda ( ar, سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا) is a historic monument in the Islamic Cairo, historic district of Cairo, Egypt. It comprises a public fountain or Sebil (fountain), ''sabil'', an elemen ...
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Sabil-Kuttab-Wakala of Sultan Qa'it Bay The Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay is a complex of monuments built by the Mamluk sultan Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaitbay in 1477 CE (882 AH) in Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt. The complex consists of an u ...
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Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex The Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex or Funerary complex of Sultan al-Ghuri, also known as al-Ghuriya, is a monumental Islamic religious and funerary complex built by Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri between 1503 and 1505 CE. The complex consists of two major bui ...
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Wakala al-Sultan Qaytbay The Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay or Wakala of Sultan Qaytbay (among other variations) is an urban caravanserai (''wikala'' or ''wakala'') and ''rab'' (apartment complex) built by Sultan al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasr Qaitbay in 1481 CE in Islamic Cairo, the ...
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Wikala of Al-Ghuri The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri (or ''Wikalat al-Ghuri'', among other variations) is a caravanserai in the medieval center of Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 CE and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved ...
* Yacoubian Building


Streets in Cairo

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Muizz Street Al-Muizz li-Din Allah al-Fatimi Street ( ar, شارع المعز لدين الله الفاطمي), or al-Muizz street for short, is a major north-to-south street in the walled city of historic Cairo, Egypt. It is one of Cairo's oldest streets as ...
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Qasr El Eyni Street Qasr El Eyni Street ( arz, شارع القصر العيني alternatively transliterated as Kasr El Ainy) is one of the oldest streets in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Namesake Qasr El Eyni (Arabic for ''Palace of El Einy'') owes its name to the nearb ...
* Qasr El Nil Street * Saliba Street * Talaat Harb Street


Theatres in Cairo

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Cairo Opera House The Cairo Opera House ( ar, دار الأوبرا المصرية, ''Dār el-Opera el-Masreyya''; literally "Egyptian Opera House"), part of Cairo's National Cultural Centre, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to mos ...


Towers in Cairo

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Cairo Tower The Cairo Tower ( arz, برج القاهرة, ''Borg El-Qāhira'') is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. At , it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline cr ...


Demographics of Cairo

Demographics of Cairo


Government and politics of Cairo

Politics of Cairo * International relations of Cairo ** Twin towns and sister cities of Cairo


Law and order in Cairo

* Law enforcement in Cairo ** Egyptian National Police


History of Cairo

History of Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...


History of Cairo, by period or event

Timeline of Cairo * Prehistory and origin of Cairo ** The
Romans Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
establish a fortress town on the east bank of the
Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest ...
river (1st century) * Medieval Cairo ** The town is conquered by the
Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
and the conquerors settle to the north of the Babylon Fortress, in an area that became known as
Fustat Fusṭāṭ ( ar, الفُسطاط ''al-Fusṭāṭ''), also Al-Fusṭāṭ and Fosṭāṭ, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by t ...
(640 AD) ** The
Fatimid The Fatimid Caliphate was an Ismaili Shi'a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Fatimids, a dyna ...
s found the city of Cairo in 969 as the new capital of the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. The Caliph Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah gives Cairo its present name, ''al-Qāhiratu'' (The Victorious) (973) ** Egypt's capital moves from Fustat to Cairo (1168) **
Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سه‌لاحه‌دین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...
, the first Sultan of Egypt, establishes the Ayyubid dynasty, based in Cairo (1174) ** The
Mamluk Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...
s seize control of Egypt and the city becomes capital of the
Mamluk Sultanate The Mamluk Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة المماليك, translit=Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz (western Arabia) from the mid-13th to early 16t ...
(1250) * Cairo under the Ottoman rule ** Capture of Cairo. Cairo's political influence diminishes after the Ottomans supplant Mamluk power over Egypt (1517) ** Under the Ottomans, Cairo expands south and west from its center around the
Citadel A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. I ...
* Modern Cairo (1863–present) **
British invasion The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States and significant to the rising "counterculture" on ...
(1882) ** Egypt's independence (1922) ** Egyptian revolution of 1952 ** Egyptian revolution of 2011 ** Plans are announced for a yet-unnamed city to be built further east of
New Cairo New Cairo ( ar, القاهرة الجديدة ' is an Egyptian city covering an area of about on the southeastern edge of Cairo Governorate, 25 kilometres (15 mi) from Maadi. New Cairo is one of the new cities which have been built in ...
, intended to serve as the new capital of Egypt (2015)


History of Cairo, by subject

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Abdeen Palace incident of 1942 The Abdeen Palace Incident was a military confrontation that took place on 4 February 1942 at Abdeen Palace in Cairo, and almost resulted in the forced abdication of King Farouk I. It is considered a landmark in the history of Egypt. Following a m ...
* Cairo fire * Siege of Cairo


Culture of Cairo

Culture of Cairo


Arts in Cairo


Architecture of Cairo

* Buildings in Cairo ** Tallest buildings in Cairo * Residential Architecture in Historic Cairo


Cinema of Cairo

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Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema (Arabic:المعهد العالي للسينما) was founded in 1957 as the first of its kind in the Middle East and Africa, and is affiliated to the ministry of culture. The institute is a member of the Internation ...
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Cairo International Film Festival The Cairo International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي) is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year si ...
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34th Cairo International Film Festival The 34th annual Cairo International Film Festival was held from November 30 to December 9, 2010. References Cairo International Film Festival Cairo International Film Festival Cairo International Film Festival The Cairo International ...


Music and dance of Cairo

* Ballet of Cairo **
Cairo Contemporary Dance Center Cairo Contemporary Dance Center (CCDC) is an independent space for contemporary dance in Egypt. It’s the first contemporary dance school in Africa and the Middle East, offering a 3-year full-time professional training program for young dancers, ch ...
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Cairo Opera Ballet Company The Cairo Opera Ballet Company is the resident ballet company of the Cairo Opera House and a ballet school affiliated to Egypt's Higher Institute of Ballet. Its foundation began in 1958 during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser through the effor ...
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Higher Institute of Ballet The Higher Institute of Ballet is one of the institutes of art at the Academy of Arts in Giza, Egypt. Establishment Established in 1962, Higher Institute of Ballet is a technical institute affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, issued in that P ...
* Music festivals and competitions in Cairo **
Cairo Congress of Arab Music The Congrès du Caire (First Congress of Arab Music; ar, مؤتمر الموسيقى العربية الأول; ''Mu'tamar al'mūsiqā al-'arabiyya al-awwal'') was a large international symposium and music festival that was convened by King Fuad ...
* Music schools in Cairo **
Arabic Oud House The Arabic Oud House () is a music school for the traditional Arabic lute called oud in Cairo, Egypt. Founded by Iraqi oud player Naseer Shamma, the school has trained a new generation of oud players and subsequently opened branches in the United ...
** Cairo Conservatoire * Music venues in Cairo **
Cairo Opera House The Cairo Opera House ( ar, دار الأوبرا المصرية, ''Dār el-Opera el-Masreyya''; literally "Egyptian Opera House"), part of Cairo's National Cultural Centre, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to mos ...
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Khedivial Opera House The Khedivial Opera House or Royal Opera House ( ar, دار الأوبرا الخديوية / ALA-LC: ''Dār Awbirā al-Khudaywī'') was an opera house in Cairo, Egypt, the oldest opera house in all of Africa. It was inaugurated on 1 November 1 ...
* Musical ensembles in Cairo ** Cairo Symphony Orchestra * Musicians from Cairo **
Gamal Abdel-Rahim Gamal Abdel-Rahim ( ar, جمال عبد الرحيم ) (November 25, 1924 Cairo – November 23, 1988 Königstein/Germany) was a distinguished Egyptian classical music composer, and composition professor. Life and career Abdel-Rahim was born ...
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Rageh Daoud Rageh Sami Daoud ( ar, راجح داود; born November 23, 1954; first name also spelled Ragueh and last name also spelled Dawood) is an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music. He is a member of that nation's third generation of such c ...
** Yusef Greiss


Visual arts of Cairo

* Public art in Cairo ** ''Egypt's Renaissance'' Cuisine of Cairo *
Ful medames Ful medames ( ar, فول مدمس, ' ; other spellings include ''ful mudammas'' and '' foule mudammes''), or simply fūl, is a stew of cooked fava beans served with olive oil, cumin, and optionally with chopped parsley, garlic, onion, lemon juice, ...
Events in Cairo *
Cairo International Book Fair The Cairo International Book Fair is the largest and oldest book fair in the Arab world, held every year in the last week of January in Cairo, Egypt, at Egypt International Exhibitions Center in New Cairo, it is organised by the General Egyptian ...
Languages of Cairo *
Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian ( ar, العامية المصرية, ), or simply Masri (also Masry) (), is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic dialect in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and ...
* Coptic Media in Cairo * Newspapers in Cairo **'' Al-Ahram'' **''
Egypt Today ''Egypt Today'' is an Egyptian English-language monthly news magazine owned by Egyptian Media Group. History and profile ''Egypt Today'' was first published in 1979. It covers Egyptian current affairs and some international news. The magazine is ...
'' * Radio and television in Cairo ** Egyptian Radio People of Cairo *
People from Cairo A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, ...
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali (; , ar, بطرس بطرس غالي ', ; 14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from 1992 to 1996. An academic ...
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Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. M ...
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Roland Moreno Roland Moreno (11 June 1945 – 29 April 2012) was an Egyptian inventor, engineer, humorist and author who was the inventor of the smart card. Moreno's smart card, or ''la carte à puce'' in French, was little known internationally. However, he b ...


Religion in Cairo

Religion in Cairo * Sunni Islam * Oriental Orthodoxy **
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي ...


Sports in Cairo

Sports in Cairo * Football in Cairo ** Association football in Cairo *** Cairo derby **** Al Ahly SC ****
Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...
* Sports competitions in Cairo ** 2006 Africa Cup of Nations **
2007 Pan Arab Games The 11th Pan Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes partici ...
** Rallye des Pharaons * Sports venues in Cairo **
30 June Stadium The 30 June Stadium is a stadium used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics located in Cairo. It was built by the Egyptian Air Defense Forces The Egyptian Air Defence Forces or EADF ( ar, قوات الدفاع الجو ...
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Al Ahly Sports Hall Al Ahly Sports Hall ( ar, صالة النادي الاهلي بالجزيرة) is one of Al Ahly SC club's buildings, and a multi-purpose arena in Cairo, Egypt. It is used by the Al Ahly (basketball), Al Ahly (handball), and Al Ahly (volleybal ...
** Al-Salam Stadium **
Cairo International Stadium The Cairo International Stadium ( ar, ستاد القاهرة الدولي), formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March ...
** Cairo Military Academy Stadium **
Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex ( ar, مجمع الصالات المغطاة باستاد القاهرة الدولي), built in 1991, consists of four multi-use indoor sporting arenas located near the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Eg ...
** El Marg Stadium


Economy and infrastructure of Cairo

Economy of Cairo * Companies in Cairo **
Ghabbour Group The Ghabbour Group is an Egyptian manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and motorcycles located in Cairo. The company was founded in 1960 by the brothers Kamal and Sadek Ghabbour because they realized that the automotive sector was a g ...
* Communications in Cairo **
Cairo Regional Internet Exchange The Cairo Regional Internet Exchange (CRIX) is an Internet Exchange Point which was formed in Cairo, Egypt by a joint venture between the National Telecom Company (NTC) and its subsidiary ECC Solutions along with the Indian FLAG Telecom. The excha ...
* Financial services in Cairo **
Banque du Caire Banque du Caire is a bank in Egypt, founded in 1952; is one of the oldest and largest Egyptian banks providing its clients with an integrated and diversified package of banking services and products designed specifically to meet their needs. As ...
* Hotels and resorts in Cairo ** Cairo Marriott Hotel ** El Gezira Sheraton Hotel ** Fairmont Nile City ** Grand Nile Tower Hotel ** Marriott Mena House Hotel ** Semiramis InterContinental Hotel ** Shepheard's Hotel ** Windsor Hotel * Restaurants and cafés in Cairo ** Café Riche * Shopping malls and markets in Cairo **
Khan el-Khalili Khan el-Khalili ( ar, خان الخليلي) is a famous bazaar and souq (or ''souk'') in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt. Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the b ...
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Mall of Egypt Mall of Egypt is the first shopping destination of its kind in Egypt. The mall is owned and managed by the Majid Al Futtaim Group, the leading pioneer in shopping malls, retail, and leisure across the Middle East and North Africa region. Mall of ...
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Tiba Outlet Mall Tiba Outlet Mall is the first outlet mall built in Egypt as part of Nasr City in Cairo. It was opened in 2011. The mall contains more than 34 retail outlets, an amusement park, dining and entertainment, a cinema along with an underground park ...
* Tourism in Cairo ** Tourist attractions in Cairo *** Giza pyramid complex


Transportation in Cairo

Transport in Cairo Transport in Cairo comprises an extensive road network, rail system, subway system and maritime services for the more than 15.2 million inhabitants of the city. Cairo is the hub of almost the entire Egyptian transport network. Transport today ...
* Air transport in Cairo ** Airports in Cairo *** Cairo International Airport * Road transport in Cairo ** Buses in Cairo ** Roads in Cairo *** Ring Road


Rail transport in Cairo

Rail transport in Cairo * Cairo Metro ** Lines *** Cairo Metro Line 1 *** Cairo Metro Line 2 *** Cairo Metro Line 3 ** Stations ***
Abbassia Abbassia ( ar, العباسية  ) is a neighbourhood in Cairo, Egypt. The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo is located in Abbassia. The medical faculty of Ain Shams University and its affiliate hospital units are located in Ab ...
*** El-Marg * Railway stations in Cairo **
Ramses Station Ramses Railway Station ( ar, محطة رمسيس, Maḥaṭṭat Ramsīs), also called Misr Station ( ar, محطة مصر, Maḥaṭṭat Miṣr), is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian Pharao ...
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Trams in Greater Cairo Constructed near the beginning of the 20th century, until 2014 the Cairo tramway network was still used in modern-day Cairo, especially in modern areas, like Heliopolis and Nasr City. During the 1970s, government policies favoured making space f ...


Education in Cairo

Education in Cairo Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Var ...
* Libraries in Cairo ** Egyptian National Library and Archives * Universities and colleges in Cairo ** Ain Shams University **
Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
** French University of Egypt **
German University in Cairo The German University in Cairo (abbreviated to GUC; ar, الجامعة الألمانية بالقاهرة ') is a private non-profit university in New Cairo, Egypt. GUC was founded in 2002 by the presidential decree 27/2002 and according to ...
** October University for Modern Sciences and Arts **
Future University in Egypt Future University in Egypt (FUE; Arabic: جامعة المستقبل) is a private university located in 90 street, New Cairo, Egypt and was founded in 2006. Faculties * Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine * Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences ...


Healthcare in Cairo

Healthcare in Cairo * Hospitals in Cairo **
57357 Hospital Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt, also known as 57357 hospital after the hospital's widely published bank account number for donations, is a hospital in Cairo is a hospital specialising in children's cancer. With 320 beds, the building is the larg ...
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Coptic Hospital The Coptic Hospital ( Arabic:المستشفى القبطي) is a hospital in Cairo, Egypt. History The idea of establishing a hospital by the Coptic Orthodox Church started in the late 19th century; in the 1920s in a group of Coptic doctors met ...
** Manshiet el Bakry Hospital ** Nile Badrawi Hospital **
Qasr El Eyni Hospital Qasr El Eyni Hospital ( ar, مستشفى قصر العيني) is a research and teaching hospital in Cairo, Egypt. This hospital is affiliated with the Qasr El Eyni Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University and was founded on March 11, 1827. History I ...


See also

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Outline of geography The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study of earth and its people. Nature of geography Geography as * an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to − ...


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