Cairo


 

Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; transliterated: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15.2 million people. Cairo is the thirteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (30.03333, 31.21667). http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

Further reading

  • Artemis Cooper, Cairo in the War, 1939-1945, Hamish Hamilton, 1989 / Penguin Book, 1995. ISBN 0140247815 (Pbk)
  • André Raymond, Cairo, trans. Willard Wood. Harvard University Press, 2000.
  • Max Rodenbeck, Cairo – the City Victorious, Picador, 1998. ISBN 0330337092 (Hbk) ISBN 0330337106 (Pbk)
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►Introduction
►Geography
►History
►Transportation
►Buildings and constructions
►Cairo in art, literature and music
►Famous Cairenes
►Town twinning/Sister cities
►See also
►Further reading
►External links

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