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
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.

Institute of Statistical Studies and Research → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Kasr Al Ainy → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Kasr Al-Ainy Teaching Hospital → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Khan el-Khalili → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Cairo Governorate

Ministry of Islamic Endowments of Egypt → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Mostaqbal Watan → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

New and Renewable Energy Authority of Egypt → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Parliament House, Cairo → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Ramses Station, Cairo → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Roda Island → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Tahrir Square → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

Unknown Soldier Memorial, Cairo → locatedIn → Cairo ⓘ

10th of Ramadan City → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

6th of October City → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Abu Rawash necropolis → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Abu Sir necropolis → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Badr City → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Dahshur necropolis → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Faculty of Arts → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Arts, Cairo University

Giza → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Giza railway station → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Great Pyramid of Giza → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Manf → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Memphis → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

Sheikh Zayed City → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Shorouk City → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Zagazig → locatedNear → Cairo ⓘ

Damanhur, Egypt → locatedNorthOf → Cairo ⓘ

Damietta → locatedNorthOf → Cairo ⓘ

Mansoura → locatedNorthOf → Cairo ⓘ

Assiut → locatedSouthOf → Cairo ⓘ

Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → locatedSouthOf → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah

Minya → locatedSouthOf → Cairo ⓘ

Nasser → locatedSouthOf → Cairo ⓘ

2013 Egyptian coup d'état → location → Cairo ⓘ

Cairo Conference → location → Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo, Egypt

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

Department of Biochemistry → location → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

Egyptian Revolution of 2011 → location → Cairo ⓘ

Egyptian revolution of 1952 → location → Cairo ⓘ

Ministry of Planning of Egypt → location → Cairo ⓘ

Parliament of Egypt → location → Cairo ⓘ

Commission des Sciences et des Arts → locationOfActivity → Cairo ⓘ

Middle East Command → locationOfHeadquarters → Cairo ⓘ

Islamic medicine → majorCenter → Cairo ⓘ

Nile → majorCityOnRiver → Cairo ⓘ

Cabinet of Egypt → meetsAt → Cairo ⓘ

Senate (Egypt) → meetsIn → Cairo ⓘ

subject surface form: Senate of Egypt

Cairo Tower → namedAfter → Cairo ⓘ