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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cairo, Egypt	16
Cairo Governorate	2
Cairo (national capital of Egypt)	1
Cairo (of Egypt)	1
Cairo’s historic center	1
Heliopolis	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)

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

Cairo–Damietta line → connects → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo–Marsa Matruh line → connects → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo–Port Said line → connects → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo–Suez line → connects → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian National Railways network → connects → Cairo ⓘ

Giza railway station → connectsTo → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo–Port Said line → connectsToCapital → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo Governorate → contains → Cairo ⓘ

Lower Egypt → contains → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heliopolis

Greater Cairo metropolitan area → containsCity → Cairo ⓘ

Northern Hemisphere → containsMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Qalyubia Governorate → containsMetropolitanSuburbsOf → Cairo ⓘ

Beba → countryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo (national capital of Egypt)

Fashn → countryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo (of Egypt)

Nasser → countryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

Unknown Soldier Memorial, Cairo → countryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

central Egypt → countryCapitalLocatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Central Egypt

Shubra El Kheima → countryCapitalNearby → Cairo ⓘ

Fuad I of Egypt → deathPlace → Cairo ⓘ

Ibn Khaldun → deathPlace → Cairo ⓘ

Ibn al-Nafis → deathPlace → Cairo ⓘ

Maimonides → deathPlace → Cairo ⓘ

Michel Dimitri Chalhoub → deathPlace → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo, Egypt

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi → deathPlace → Cairo ⓘ

City of a Thousand Minarets → describes → Cairo ⓘ

Arab Air Carriers Organization → foundedAt → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo, Egypt

Fatimid Caliphate → foundedCity → Cairo ⓘ

Palestine Liberation Organization → foundedIn → Cairo ⓘ

LAS → foundingLocation → Cairo ⓘ

Arab League → foundingPlace → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian Republican Guard → garrisonLocation → Cairo ⓘ

Royal Egyptian Army → garrisonLocation → Cairo ⓘ

Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → garrisonOrHeadquarters → Cairo ⓘ

Africa Cup of Nations → governingBodyHeadquarters → Cairo ⓘ

CAF Champions League winner → governingBodyHeadquarters → Cairo ⓘ

El Alamein → governingCountryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

El Arish → governingCountryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

North Sinai Governorate → governingCountryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

Sharm El Sheikh → governingCountryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

Tanta → governingCountryCapital → Cairo ⓘ

British occupation of Egypt → hasAdministrativeCenter → Cairo ⓘ

City of a Thousand Minarets → hasAlternativeNameForCity → Cairo ⓘ

Arab world → hasCapitalCity → Cairo ⓘ

Greater Cairo metropolitan area → hasCoreCity → Cairo ⓘ

Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian Border Guard Forces → hasHeadquartersIn → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities → hasHeadquartersIn → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian National Police → hasHeadquartersLocation → Cairo ⓘ

Ministry of Justice of Egypt → hasHeadquartersLocation → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo Governorate → hasLargestCity → Cairo ⓘ