Cairo is the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the most important cities at all, the population of the city of Cairo 7,787,000 people, according to 2007 statistics, representing 10.73% of the total population of Egypt, while the population of Greater Cairo 20 million and a half million people. Inhabited by more than a quarter of the population of Egypt's population of at home and abroad 76 million and 480 thousand and 426 people, according to census 2006, the population density of up to more than 15 thousand people per square kilometer, is named as a historic city of a thousand minarets of many mosques.
Foundations of several cities and the capital, the commander Muizz to open Cairo after that the foundations of the Fatimid state, has the essence of Sicilian year 358 AH (969 AD) built a wall around the three cities and the name the three cities of Cairo, and includes Cairo city of Fustat, founded by Amr Ibn El-Aas year 20 AH, the military and the city founded by Saleh bin Ali Abbasi year 132 AH, and the city of Alktaea founded by Ahmed ibn Tulun in 256 AH, as well as neighborhoods that have taken place after the reign of Saladin, until now
Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the most populous in Africa and the Middle East. City of a province, that is, they occupy the entire area of the province of one city, at the same time maintain a large city by itself. Despite being a city is the largest but it is one of the smaller provinces of Egypt as mayor. There is also what is known as the Greater Cairo is an administrative entity comprises a semi-official addition to the city / province, city of Cairo, Giza, and some of its suburbs of Shubra al-Qaliubiya in addition to the provinces of Helwan and Sixth of October
Known in the Pharaonic era as a group any of the beautiful port city of the sun and its suburb (hieroglyphs: Online and in Greek: Heliopolis). The capital of unified Egypt since King Narmer alone since 3,200 years BC. M. For different time periods, but since the opening of the Arab capital of Egypt.
The city of Cairo, one of the most Eastern cities, which accounted for writing and history, where known as the title of "Jewel of the East", since the age of Cairo more than a thousand years, much Vhoahid history confirms that the place of this city was the capital of Egypt for most of its history, in the history of Egypt extends across about 50 centuries ago Cairo was in the broad sense is the capital of Egypt, as it is because some people make Cairo the capital to the year 98 AD, when the children of Babylon Fortress, which are still remnants found so far and when he came Amr ibn al-Aas to open Egypt established a new capital Fustat near the fort, and erected city that followed the military capital of the state Alktaea Tulunid in Egypt, Cairo and then set up in the era of the Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz which still bear the same name until today.
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.Some famous names to Cairo: the city of a thousand minarets (the ancient travelers called this to the large number of mosques built in) and the city of Cairo and Egypt unguarded goats
Cairo is located on the sides of islands of the Nile River in southern Egypt, immediately south east of the point where the river leaves the valley of the Nile and confined in the desert, divided into two branches in low-lying Nile Delta region.
Cairo is located on the sides of islands of the Nile River in southern Egypt, immediately south east of the point where the river leaves the valley of the Nile and confined in the desert, divided into two branches in low-lying Nile Delta region.
The oldest part of the city is located east of the river. There, the city spread gradually westward, and the children of this model to the western part of the city of Paris by Khedive Ismail, the ruler of Egypt in the mid-nineteenth century, and which was marked by large neighborhoods, and parks, and open areas. The older eastern section of the city differed significantly after the expansion randomly over the centuries, and is filled with ways small and crowded buildings. While filled with west of Cairo Balbnayat government and modern architecture, and became the most important part of Cairo, while the eastern half is that which contains the city's history throughout the ages as there is of its mosques and churches, ancient buildings and relics and monuments are old, with the knowledge that there are expansions Oriental also after the old city and an example on the Nasr City district which is one of the most important, largest and most prestigious neighborhoods of Cairo.
And allowed water systems inclusive of the city is also expanding eastward into the desert, and there are bridges linking the islands of the Nile Bashatrih east and west to Giza, where there are many government buildings and offices of government officials, cross bridges, the Nile is also a link to the city on the outskirts of Giza and Imbaba (part of Greater Cairo).
West of Giza - in the desert - there is a part of the cemetery of Memphis the ancient Giza Plateau where the Pyramids of Giza the three, and at a distance of 11 miles (18 km) south of Cairo, the modern site of the city the ancient Egyptian Memphis, and a cemetery adjacent to Saqqara, and these cities, and other cities were earlier located anywhere the city of Cairo.
Characterized the climate of Cairo, up the temperature during the summer months and cold during the winter months, ranging average daily temperature in July (summer) between 33 ° C higher temperature and 21 ° C lower temperature, while the rate varies daily during the month of January (winter ) between 17 ° C higher temperature and 6 ° C lower temperature. Therefore result in a breeze Nile River during the summer months a role in hypothermia in Cairo.
Nevertheless, moving large numbers of the population of Cairo to resorts Egypt different that comes in the forefront of the city of Alexandria (Resort Egypt I) and the Ismailia resort closest to Cairo, which do not exceed the distance between Cairo and Ismailia 122 km, and the city of Port Said Mediterranean (one of the Suez Canal with European Style ), and the city would sometimes blow sirocco during the period between March and June, the wind is working to raise the average temperature by up to 14 ° C a sudden, they also reduce the moisture in the air to no more than 10%, and the inhabitants of Cairo much of minute dust particles originating from Mokattam hills and Red mountain, and during periods of activity of the movement of surface wind until they were planting the slopes of hills referred to
Varies style buildings constructed in the city of Cairo are found in area Alqrivrh significantly and to reflect the historical period, which was built out, with frequent historical buildings with gates wood large beautiful design and oriels (Windows, wood tight lattice design), which was built during the Fatimids and the Mamluks, they abound in the neighborhoods ancient Egypt, especially Alozahrowalsadh Hussein and Zeinab, the door of poetry and the Darb al-Ahmar and the caliph.
From there, historic palaces dating back to periods of Islamic rule and the most beautiful palace Sakakini relative to the built Sakakini Pasha, who called the neighborhood surrounding the palace in his name, has begun Islamic Architecture in Cairo at the hands of Amr ibn al-Aas, who conquered Egypt in the era of Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab years (18 e -639 m) and ordered him to the Caliph built the first mosque in Egypt, which is the Mosque of Amr ibn al-Fustat, which became known as the old move on behalf of the Whole,
From there, historic palaces dating back to periods of Islamic rule and the most beautiful palace Sakakini relative to the built Sakakini Pasha, who called the neighborhood surrounding the palace in his name, has begun Islamic Architecture in Cairo at the hands of Amr ibn al-Aas, who conquered Egypt in the era of Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab years (18 e -639 m) and ordered him to the Caliph built the first mosque in Egypt, which is the Mosque of Amr ibn al-Fustat, which became known as the old move on behalf of the Whole,
. Among the most important role, which was built since the Islamic conquest of Egypt House Amr ibn al-Aas in Fustat and was located at a distance of about four meters from the north side east of the University is known, and was surmounted by a dome gilded, and this house are very spacious, even called the city is also called the Golden Palace and became Dara of the emirate until destroyed by fire caused by Marwan II during his escape, in addition to Prince Mohamed Ali Palace in Manial.
It is the ancient palaces of excellence in Cairo Palace Amban founder Baron Heliopolis district (Heliopolis), a palace built on the breathtaking Indian architecture. Cairo is known since a long time in a thousand minarets of many mosques dating back to different historical eras beginning of the Islamic conquest of Egypt around the year 22 AH, 642 AD, when opened Amr ibn al-Aas mosque and built the famous name known so far in Fustat.
It is the ancient palaces of excellence in Cairo Palace Amban founder Baron Heliopolis district (Heliopolis), a palace built on the breathtaking Indian architecture. Cairo is known since a long time in a thousand minarets of many mosques dating back to different historical eras beginning of the Islamic conquest of Egypt around the year 22 AH, 642 AD, when opened Amr ibn al-Aas mosque and built the famous name known so far in Fustat.
It is an approach followed by many of the rulers of Egypt who built many mosques with designs unique to Islamic architecture such as the Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, who had custody of the first phase of a beautiful and clear in the history of Islamic art in Egypt, he has qualities and its features have been built also his palace and called upon the field of play Alsoaljh Name "field," and was located under the rock that held above Citadel of Salah al-Din "al-Ramla field" and in the south-east of the palace,
And the Mosque of Sultan Hassan mosque Bey, whose group Bey Balaqrafah eastern part of the created and the most beautiful collections architecture in Islamic Egypt due importance to the beauty of the coordination group with one which is made up of a school, a mosque, for the book and the shrine and minaret has played the accuracy of the industry, as well as beauty ratios play an important role in highlighting the beauty of this most old architectural, also established Bey also several fountains and agencies also made several additions mosque of Al-Azhar, the Mosque of Sinan Pasha, the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, a mosque, Abu Ala, and the Mosque of Al-Azhar, which was built by the Fatimids, who ruled Egypt during the period between 969 and 1171 AD, which became the Islamic University after it contributed Science in the spread of religion taught religious studies for expatriates to the sons of the Islamic world and Muslim minorities in the countries of the world to become the largest Islamic university in the world
Cairo tourist city middle-class with multiple of all aspects of tourism that may be needed by the visitor there are archaeological sites dating back to the era of the Pharaohs and the old city walls dating back to the Islamic era, the Islamic sites, Christianity and Judaism found since the entry of the different religions of Egypt, cultural districts and regions shopping famous and there are hundreds of palaces, mosques, churches, gates, historic buildings and ancient of all ages in addition to the places of art, theaters, Opera House and others, and therefore spread in Cairo, a large number of hotels and accommodations that may exceed the numbers that may exist a small country the whole, the following are some of the most important tourist sites in Cairo
Cairo Tower was built between 1956 - 1961 of reinforced concrete on the design of the Egyptian lotus flower, and is located in the heart of Cairo on the Nile island of Zamalek, height of up to 187 meters, which is higher than the Great Pyramid in Giza, about 43 meters. There is at the top of the Cairo Tower tourist restaurant on a rotating platform manned spin parameters of the restaurant to see all aspects of Cairo, the Cairo Tower was built in the reign of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the costs of its creation in that time, 6 million pounds.
Egypt is a central to a large extent then your capital is the center of everything in the country, all you want the individual can not be found elsewhere in Egypt must find him in Cairo, Apart from government services provided by the State to citizens of the population of Cairo and other cities coming specifically to end the interest is, which often are to extract a particular document from the Ministry or stamped from the same ministry building, or even of a building complex editing, which is the largest center in Egypt, there are a service by many government offices, ministries and other offices
There are also commercial services that are offered by companies of various commercial and its subsidiaries which is prevalent in Cairo than in other cities of Egypt, we find the existence of the Office of a company or an authorized center or power of attorney to a trading company in every neighborhood in Cairo, unlike other cities of Egypt, the other - with the exception of Alexandria - content by the Office or one accredited center to serve the entire city, which may be the fact that the neighborhoods of Cairo, as many small cities are interdependent
There is also in Cairo, a number of shops, ancient, which was founded more than 100 years or more and preserved its reputation strong, and there are many large shopping centers of modern, such as City Centre, City Stars, Mall of Saad Zaghloul, Talaat Harb Mall, Serag Mall, Arcadia Mall, a good Mall, market Mall, age, Geneina Mall, Maadi Grand Mall and the Mall of the technology and markets of the hotels such as the commercial Attaché of the Ramses Hilton hotel, etc., and there are cinemas in all parts of the city, cinema complexes in all the city's business centers,
There is also in Cairo, a number of shops, ancient, which was founded more than 100 years or more and preserved its reputation strong, and there are many large shopping centers of modern, such as City Centre, City Stars, Mall of Saad Zaghloul, Talaat Harb Mall, Serag Mall, Arcadia Mall, a good Mall, market Mall, age, Geneina Mall, Maadi Grand Mall and the Mall of the technology and markets of the hotels such as the commercial Attaché of the Ramses Hilton hotel, etc., and there are cinemas in all parts of the city, cinema complexes in all the city's business centers,
Cairo also has many souks, as markets food markets such as the threshold and Farag, transit and the altar, or sale of manufactured products markets as markets, goldsmiths and Alnhacen Alvhamin and Alkaakyin and spice dealers and Adakkakan. Such as market historical growth markets old has many remnants of the fields of historical used to come down where traders and shoppers arrivals to Cairo during the periods of residence, and the most famous of these markets, Khan El-Khalili and there are commercial markets as a market Moski known Bazdhamh severe Vioagd a lot of goods, mostly clothing at prices much lower, and there is a market that has the Faggala major libraries of Egypt and all kinds of books, scientific and literary subjects, regarded as a wholesale market and there are also Abdel Aziz Street in which there are great shops and agencies electrical appliances and household items.
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