Cairo[b] is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. [5] It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab …

13 Noll 2025 · Cairo is the capital of Egypt and one of the largest cities in Africa. Cairo has stood for more than 1,000 years on the same site on the banks of the Nile River, primarily on the …

4 DFómh 2017 · Cairo is Egypt’s capital city and also the most populous city in the country. The city is located in Lower Egypt which is a section of Egypt encompassing the fertile Nile delta …

Cairo became the capital of Egypt in 969 CE when the Fatimid dynasty established it as the seat of their new caliphate. The Fatimids were a Shia Islamic dynasty that originated in North Africa, and they controlled a significant region stretching across North Africa to the Middle East.

14 Beal 2025 · Cairo is the capital of the North African country Egypt. It is one of the largest cities in the world and the largest in Africa. Cairo is very densely populated and is the center of Egypt's culture and politics. It's located near some of the most famous remnants of Ancient Egypt, …

Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglom...

2 Meith 2019 · Cairo, Egypt’s capital, is the largest city in the Arab world and one of the largest cities in Africa. Located along the banks of the Nile River, Cairo has been a center of political, …

Alexandria, Egypt's former capital and currently second largest city, was a hub of global knowledge through its Library. Cairo became the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in the tenth …

Cairo (Arabic: al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt. Cairo is the 16th-most-populous metropolitan area in the world, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 15.2 million people.