Cairo

E3705

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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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Cairo canonical	1,147
Cairo, Egypt	41
القاهرة	7
Cairo (national capital of Egypt)	2
Cairo Governorate	2
Cairo (of Egypt)	1
Cairo city center	1
Cairo’s historic center	1
Greater Cairo	1
Heliopolis	1
al-Qāhira	1
القاهرة، مصر	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 (1,206)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giza → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Northern Hemisphere → containsMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Egypt → capital → Cairo ⓘ

Egypt → largestCity → Cairo ⓘ

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo Governorate

Giza railway station → connectsTo → Cairo ⓘ

Giza railway station → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian government → capital → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian government → seatOfGovernment → Cairo ⓘ

Kasr Al-Ainy Teaching Hospital → city → Cairo ⓘ

Kasr Al-Ainy Teaching Hospital → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Arab world → hasCapitalCity → Cairo ⓘ

Arab world → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

North Africa → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Middle East → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Ottoman Empire → importantCity → Cairo ⓘ

Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → garrisonOrHeadquarters → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo Declaration → placeOfIssue → Cairo ⓘ

Rome → twinCity → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo → partOf → Cairo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo Governorate

Great Pyramid of Giza → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Nazlet El-Semman → nearbyCity → Cairo ⓘ

Lower Egypt → contains → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heliopolis

Faculty of Medicine → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

Institute of Statistical Studies and Research → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo University Children’s Hospital → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo University Children’s Hospital → city → Cairo ⓘ

Boutros Boutros-Ghali → placeOfBirth → Cairo ⓘ

Boutros Boutros-Ghali → placeOfDeath → Cairo ⓘ

Boutros Boutros-Ghali → burialPlace → Cairo ⓘ

Naguib Mahfouz → placeOfBirth → Cairo ⓘ

Naguib Mahfouz → placeOfDeath → Cairo ⓘ

Naguib Mahfouz → burialPlace → Cairo ⓘ

Omar Sharif → placeOfDeath → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo, Egypt

Arab League → foundingPlace → Cairo ⓘ

Arab League → headquartersLocation → Cairo ⓘ

Memphis → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities → hasHeadquartersIn → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian National Railways network → connects → Cairo ⓘ

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi → placeOfBirth → Cairo ⓘ

Parliament of Egypt → location → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian Armed Forces → headquarters → Cairo ⓘ

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt → headquartersLocation → Cairo ⓘ

Greater Cairo metropolitan area → containsCity → Cairo ⓘ

Greater Cairo metropolitan area → hasCoreCity → Cairo ⓘ

Faculty of Pharmacy → city → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University

Faculty of Nursing → city → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University

Institute of Educational Studies → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research → headquartersLocation → Cairo ⓘ

Anwar Sadat → placeOfDeath → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo, Egypt