Cairo

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capital city city megacity

Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, a historic metropolis on the Nile renowned for its rich Islamic heritage and proximity to the ancient pyramids.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Cairo, Egypt 16
Cairo Governorate 2
Cairo (national capital of Egypt) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
megacity ⓘ
capitalOf Egypt ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
currencyUsed Egyptian pound ⓘ
demographicsGroupMajority Egyptians ⓘ
foundedBy Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
foundingCentury 10th century ⓘ
foundingYearApproximate 969 ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport Cairo International Airport ⓘ
hasLandmark Al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ
Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Cairo Citadel ⓘ
Cairo Tower ⓘ
Egyptian Museum ⓘ
Khan el-Khalili ⓘ
Cairo Citadel ⓘ
surface form: Mosque of Muhammad Ali

Tahrir Square ⓘ
historicalRegion Lower Egypt ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf Arab world ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf Egypt ⓘ
isPoliticalCenterOf Egypt ⓘ
knownFor Islamic architecture ⓘ
historic mosques ⓘ
medieval Islamic city ⓘ
kppenClimateClassification BWh ⓘ
largestCityOf Egypt ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Arab world ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Northern Africa
locatedOnRiver Nile ⓘ
nearbyAncientSite Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza pyramid complex

Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ
nickname City of a Thousand Minarets ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf Cairo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cairo Governorate
populationRankInAfrica one of the largest cities in Africa ⓘ
primarySpokenLanguage Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
riverIsland Gezira Island ⓘ
Roda Island ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +3 ⓘ
writingSystemForOfficialLanguage Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (341)

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subject surface form: Ahmad al-Tayyeb
this entity surface form: Cairo, Egypt
Ibn Khaldun → burialPlace → Cairo ⓘ
Ayyubid dynasty → capital → Cairo ⓘ
Cairo Governorate → capital → Cairo ⓘ
Egypt → capital → Cairo ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate → capital → Cairo ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate → capital → Cairo ⓘ
Saladin → capitalCity → Cairo ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Egypt
Cairo Conference → city → Cairo ⓘ
subject surface form: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
subject surface form: Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
subject surface form: Department of Psychiatry, Cairo University Faculty of Medicine
subject surface form: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Egyptian Museum → city → Cairo ⓘ
Faculty of Nursing → city → Cairo ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University
Faculty of Pharmacy → city → Cairo ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
Khan el-Khalili → city → Cairo ⓘ
Kasr Al Ainy → cityServed → Cairo ⓘ
Suez → connectedByHighwayTo → Cairo ⓘ