Cairo

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 Egypt's total population, 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 76 at home and abroad million and 480 thousand and 426 people, according to Census 2006, the population density and reach out to more than 15 thousand people per square kilometer, and historically named as the city of a thousand minarets of the many mosques.

Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the most populous in Africa and the Middle East. It is the province of the city, the province of which it occupies the entire area of ​​one city, and at the same time constitute the province of the big city alone. 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 administrative entity which is a semi-official includes in addition to the City / County city of Cairo and Giza and some of its suburbs, Shubra Al Khaimah from Qaliubiya addition to the provinces of Helwan and Sixth of October

 I knew in the Pharaonic era on behalf of a group of any port and the beautiful suburb city of the sun (hieroglyphs: Online and in Greek: Heliopolis). The capital of unified Egypt since King Narmer alone since 3200 years BC. AD. For different periods of time, but since the Arab conquest of Egypt and is the capital.

 The city of Cairo from more cities in the Middle, which accounted for writing and history where dubbed the "Jewel of the East", because the age of Cairo more than a thousand in a 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 the broad sense is the capital of Egypt,

It is because some people take Cairo, capital of the year 98 AD, when built fortress of Babylon, which are still remnants exist yet, and when it came Amr ibn al-Aas to open Egypt established his new capital Fustat, near the fort, and then established the city of the military that followed Alktaea as the capital of the state Tulunid in Egypt, Cairo then established in the era of the Fatimid Caliph Moez Ledin Allah, which still bears the same name, even today.

 Some famous names to Cairo: the city of a thousand minarets (so called ancient travelers to the large number of mosques built in) and the city of Cairo, Egypt Mahrosa and goats


Characterized by a climate Cairo increased temperature during the summer months and coldness during the winter months, ranging average daily temperature in July (summer) between 33 ° m the highest temperature and 21 ° m lower temperature, while the rate varies daily during the month of January (winter ) between 17 ° m and the highest temperature 6 ° m lowest temperature. So leads breeze Nile River during the summer months in the role of hypothermia in Cairo.

 Cairo tourist city medium-rattling with multiple appearances by all the tourist may require visitor, there are archaeological sites that date back to the era of the Pharaohs and the ancient city walls dating back to the Islamic era and Islamic sites, Christianity and Judaism in different religions since the entry to Egypt

And cultural areas and areas shopping district famous and there are hundreds of palaces, mosques, churches, and the gates of historical buildings and ancient of all ages in addition to places of artistic and theaters, the Opera House and others, and therefore spread in Cairo, a large number of hotels and accommodations that may exceed the numbers that there may be a small country as a whole,