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  2. Cairo - Wikipedia

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    Cairo ( / ˈkaɪroʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized : al-Qāhirah) [6] is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, home to 10 million people. [7]

  3. Old Cairo - Wikipedia

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    Old Cairo (Arabic: مصر القديمة, romanized: Miṣr al-Qadīma, Egyptian pronunciation: Maṣr El-ʾAdīma) is a historic area in Cairo, Egypt, which includes the site of a Roman-era fortress, the Christian settlement of Coptic Cairo, and the Muslim-era settlements pre-dating the founding of Cairo proper in 969 AD.

  4. Islamic Cairo - Wikipedia

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    Islamic Cairo (Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized: Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit. 'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية al-Qāhira tārīkhiyya), refers mostly to the areas of Cairo, Egypt, that were built from the Muslim conquest in 641 CE until the city's modern expansion in the 19th century during Khedive Ismail's rule, namely ...

  5. Cairo Metro - Wikipedia

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    Cairo Metro. The Cairo Metro ( Arabic: مترو أنفاق القاهرة, romanized :Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاق pronounced [ˈmetɾo lʔænˈfæːʔ]) is the rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt.

  6. Subdivisions of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Politics of Egypt. Egypt is divided, for the purpose of public administration, according to a three-layer hierarchy and some districts are further subdivided, creating an occasional fourth layer. It has a centralized system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive. [1]

  7. Heliopolis, Cairo - Wikipedia

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    The exterior of Baron Empain Palace. Heliopolis ( Egyptian Arabic: مصر الجديدة, Maṣr el-Gedīda, [ˈmɑsˤɾ el ɡɪˈdiːdæ, -eɡ-], lit. "New Egypt") was an early 20th century suburb outside Cairo, Egypt, which has since merged with Cairo and is administratively divided into the districts of Masr El Gedida and El Nozha in the ...

  8. Giza Plateau - Wikipedia

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    Giza Plateau. The Giza Plateau ( Arabic: هضبة الجيزة) is a limestone plateau in Giza, Egypt, the site of the Fourth Dynasty Giza pyramid complex, which includes the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex. It forms the northernmost part of the 16,000 ha ...

  9. Egyptian Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities contains many important pieces of ancient Egyptian history. It houses the world's largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities. The Egyptian government established the museum built in 1835 near the Ezbekieh Garden and later moved to the Cairo Citadel. In 1855, Archduke Maximilian of Austria was given all of the ...

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