Greater Cairo
The Greater Cairo Region is a metropolitan area centered around Cairo, Egypt. It comprises the entirety of the Cairo Governorate, the cities of Imbaba and Giza in the Giza Governorate, and the city Shubra El Kheima in Qalyubia Governorate.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Tahrir Square
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Tahrir Square, also known as "Martyr Square", is a major public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt.
Egyptian Museum
Museum
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, commonly known as simply the Egyptian Museum, located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world.
Fustat
Protected area
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Fustat, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo.
Localities in the Area
Cairo
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Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land.
Downtown Cairo
Photo: Maher27777, Public domain.
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo.
Greater Cairo
- Type: Region with 20,000,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area in Egypt
- Category: metropolitan area
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.0175° or 30° 1' 3" northLongitude
31.2181° or 31° 13' 5" eastPopulation
20,000,000Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Abbreviation
GCAOpen Location Code
8G2H2689+X6GeoNames ID
12070073Wikidata ID
Q3306486Greater Cairo Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: القاهرة الكبرى
- Arabic: القاهرة الكبرى
- Arabic: القاهرة الكبري
- Arabic: قاهرة كبرى
- Azerbaijani: Böyük Qahirə
- Bosnian: Veliki Kairo
- Bulgarian: Голямо Кайро
- Chinese: 大开罗
- Chinese: 大開羅
- Chinese: 大開羅地區
- Czech: Velká Káhira
- Egyptian Arabic: القاهره الكبرى
- French: Grand Caire
- German: Groß-Kairo
- German: Metropolregion Kairo
- Greek: Μητροπολιτικό Κάιρο
- Hebrew: כרך קהיר
- Hebrew: מטרופולין קהיר
- Hebrew: קהיר רבתי
- Hindi: ग्रेटर क़ाहिरा
- Hungarian: Nagy-Kairó
- Italian: Grande Cairo
- Italian: Greater Cairo
- Japanese: グレーター・カイロ
- Malay: Kaherah Raya
- Persian: قاهره بزرگ
- Polish: Wielki Kair
- Portuguese: Região Metropolitana de Cairo
- Portuguese: Região Metropolitana do Cairo
- Scots: Greater Cairo
- Silesian: Wielgi Kajir
- Slovenian: Veliki Kairo
- South Azerbaijani: قاهره بزرق
- Tamil: பெருநகர கெய்ரோ
- Turkish: Büyük Kahire
- Urdu: قاہرہ کبری
- Vietnamese: Vùng đô thị Cairo
- Welsh: Cairo Fwyaf
- Greater Cairo Area
In the Area
Localities
- Al ManyalSuburb
- FaisalLocality
- Old Cairo
- Misr El QaddimaLocality
- ‘Izbat NawfalLocality
- Boulaq El DakrourLocality
Landmarks
- Kūbrī ‘AbbāsBridge
- Mustashfá ar RamadHospital
- Mutḩaf al ḨayawānātMuseum
- Mutḩaf Aḩmad ShawqīMuseum
- Kāzīnaw Qamar az ZamānCasino
- Maydān al JīzahSquare
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