CAIRO

Cairo is the capital and largest

city of Egypt. The
city's metropolitan area is
the largest in the Middle
East and the Arab world,
and 15th-largest in the world,
and is associated with ancient
Egypt, as the famous Giza
pyramid complex and the
ancient city of Memphis are
located in its geographical
area.
 GEOGRAPHY
Cairo is located in
northern Egypt, known as Lower
Egypt, 165 kilometres (100 mi)
south of the Mediterranean
Sea and 120 kilometres (75 mi)
west of the Gulf of Suez and Suez
Canal. The city is along the Nile
River, immediately south of the
point where the river leaves its
desert-bound valley and branches
into the low-lying Nile
Delta region. Although the Cairo
metropolis extends away from
the Nile in all directions, the city
of Cairo resides only on the east
bank of the river and two islands
within it on a total area of 453
square kilometres (175 sq mi).
 CLIMATE
In Cairo, and along the Nile
River Valley, the climate is a hot
desert climate (BWh according
to the Kppen climate
classification system), but often
with high humidity as it is not
very far from the Mediterranean
Sea and the Nile Delta. Wind
storms can be frequent,
bringing Saharan dust into the
city, sometimes from March to
May and the air often becomes
uncomfortably dry.
 EC ON
Cairo accounts
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for
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11% of
Egypt's population and 22% of
her economy (PPP). Cairo is
also in every respect the
centre of Egypt, as it has been
almost since its founding in
969 AD. The majority of the
nation's commerce is
generated there, or passes
through the city. The great
majority of publishing
houses and media outlets and
nearly all film studios are
there, as are half of the
nation's hospital beds and
universities. This has fueled
rapid construction in the city
one building in five is less
than 15 years old.
 EDUCATION
Greater Cairo has long been
the hub of education and
educational services for
Egypt and the region.
Today, Greater Cairo is the
centre for many government
offices governing
the Egyptian educational
system, has the largest
number of educational
schools, and higher learning
institutes among other cities
and governorates of Egypt.
 TOURISM

The city of Cairo received

more than nine million
tourists in 2006. Several of
the main attractions of the
city they crowd round in the
one denominated historical
center, Patrimony of the
Humanity for the Unesco.
However, there are other
fundamental points of the
tourism cairota that are not
located in their historical
center.
 TRANSPORT e
Cairo has an extensiv
road network,rail
system,subway
systemand maritime
services. Road transport
is facilitated by personal
vehicles, taxi cabs,
privately owned public
buses andCairo
microbuses. Cairo,
specifcally Ramses
Square, is the centre of
almost the entire
Egyptiantransportation
network.
POLLUTION
Cairo is an expanding city,
which has led to many
environmental problems.
The air pollution in Cairo
is a matter of serious
concern. Greater Cairo's
volatile aromatic
hydrocarbon levels are
higher than many other
similar cities.