Cairo Egypt
Cairo Egypt
Cairo is a huge metropolis that can amaze anyone with different urban paintings and cultural diversity. If you are looking for an exotic holiday destination, then Cairo is not one of them. The capital of Egypt is rather oriental destination that is able to fascinate visitors, but also alienated those who come from disparate parts of the world. This duality rich-poor is also evident if you are looking for sun, beach, sea, better head to the beach as Byron Bay in Australia, not to Cairo. Cairo, however, is totally an advantage as the center of an ancient culture and people, remains among the world wonders as the pyramids.
Cairo Pyramids
In central Cairo, home to some 8 million inhabitants, and with suburban population of the entire metropolis to significant jumps 17 million people. These numbers automatically rank Cairo ahead of the pack among the largest metropolises in the Middle East and Africa and 11th in size in the world. Cairo is the main cultural, tourist, political, economic, industrial, financial and business center in Egypt.
Al Azhar Mosque
In Cairo, is the oldest university in the Islamic world – Al-Azhar University.
Caito Egypt
Geographic Cairo is located in northern Egypt. Cairo is located on two opposite banks of the River Nile. Egyptian capital is the place which is immediately south of the point where the Nile leaves the valley surrounded by desert is divides into its delta. The central part of Cairo is spread along the east coast of two islands. The total area of Cairo is 214 sq. km.
Cairo
Cairo has always been dependent on the ongoing Nile from here. The town was officially founded sometime around 969 years and centuries, even millennia before the site was live. Low levels of the Nile in the 11th century added new territories to the area of Cairo, and in 1174 appeared island Geziret al-Phil, who later was associated with drought and now forms the Shubra area. In the early 14th century to form a new island, now divided into two parts – Zamalek and Gezira.
Over the centuries the Nile shifted its bed and over. Therefore today the newest parts of the city are situated near the river itself. In the south of the new center of Old Cairo is part of the capital where you can see the remains of the former capital of the fifth century – petticoats. Here is the old Coptic Quarter. In the northern part of Cairo is the region Bulak. It emerged in 16th century as a port, and today is the main industrial area of Cairo.
Cairo Citadel
East of central Cairo can see one of the biggest attractions of the Egyptian capital – the Citadel, built by Fatimidite after the founding of Cairo.
This historical monument is surrounded by the old Muslim quarter. While western Cairo is dominated by open spaces, wide boulevards and modern architecture with a European influence, but the eastern half of the city remains underdeveloped. Here chaos prevails, people are poorer, the streets are very narrow and crowded with small, arranged side by side homes.
Giza Sphinx
On the west bank of the Nile, which over time became part of Cairo is part of the city’s historic city and famous Giza Pyramids. Today there are about 3 million people.
Cairo
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