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.

Arab world → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Middle East → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Nile Valley → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

North Africa → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Northeast Africa → hasMajorCity → Cairo ⓘ

Town of Cairo, New York → hasName → Cairo ⓘ

Islamic astronomy → hasNotableCenter → Cairo ⓘ

German Academic Exchange Service → hasOffice → Cairo ⓘ

German Archaeological Institute → hasOffice → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo Tower → hasPanoramicViewOf → Cairo ⓘ

City of a Thousand Minarets → hasParticularFocusOn → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo’s historic center

Aswan → hasRailConnectionTo → Cairo ⓘ

Tanta → hasRailConnectionTo → Cairo ⓘ

Tanta → hasRoadConnectionTo → Cairo ⓘ

Amman → hasSisterCity → Cairo ⓘ

Beni Suef city → hasTransportationLink → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Beni Suef

Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command → headquarters → Cairo ⓘ