Cairo
القاهرة
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Nickname:
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 |
First major foundation | 641–642 AD (Fustat) |
Last major foundation | 969 AD (Cairo) |
Government | |
• Governor | Khaled Abdel Aal[2] |
Area | |
• Metro | 2,734 km2 (1,056 sq mi) |
Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
Population
(2018)
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10,100,166[1] | |
• Density | 3,700/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 22,183,000 |
• Demonym | Cairene |
GDP | |
• Capital city | EGP 1,877 billion (US$ 120 billion) |
• Metro | EGP 2,986 billion (US$ 190 billion) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EGY) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
Area code | (+20) 2 |
Website | cairo.gov.eg |
Official name | Historic Cairo |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, v, vi |
Designated | 1979 |
Reference no. | 89 |
Cairo
القاهرة
|
|
---|---|
Nickname:
City of a Thousand Minarets
|
|
Coordinates: 30°2′40″N 31°14′9″E / 30.04444°N 31.23583°E / 30.04444; 31.23583 | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Cairo |
First major foundation | 641–642 AD (Fustat) |
Last major foundation | 969 AD (Cairo) |
Government | |
• Governor | Khaled Abdel Aal[2] |
Area | |
• Metro | 2,734 km2 (1,056 sq mi) |
Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
Population
(2018)
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10,100,166[1] | |
• Density | 3,700/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 22,183,000 |
• Demonym | Cairene |
GDP | |
• Capital city | EGP 1,877 billion (US$ 120 billion) |
• Metro | EGP 2,986 billion (US$ 190 billion) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EGY) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
Area code | (+20) 2 |
Website | cairo.gov.eg |
Official name | Historic Cairo |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, v, vi |
Designated | 1979 |
Reference no. | 89 |