Cairo, Cairo

Cairo: Capital city of Egypt

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Quick Facts about Cairo

Population : 9,293,612
Country : Khedivate of Egypt, Mamluk Sultanate, Ayyubid dynasty, Egypt, Ottoman Empire, Sultanate of Egypt
State : Cairo (Egypt)
Phone Area Codes : 02
Area : 528 km2
Continent : Africa
Official language : Arabic
Altitude : 75 feet / 23 meters
Capital city : Cairo is capital of Cairo Governorate, Egypt, Mamluk Sultanate, Fatimid caliphate, Ayyubid dynasty, United Arab Republic, Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt Eyalet, Abbasid Caliphate
Establishment : January 01, 0969 (1055 years ago)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00
Local time : 15:59:53 (19th March 2024)
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Geography

Cairo is located at 30°3'0"N 31°15'0"E (30.05, 31.25).

Cairo map

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  • Frankfurt am Main (1979 )
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Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
1800 200,000 - Family register
1859 254,000 21.26% estimation process
1865 282,300 10.02% Family register
1870 313,400 9.92% Family register
1877 327,500 4.31% Family register
1882 374,838 12.63% Family register
1897 570,062 34.25% Family register
1904 624,000 8.64% estimation process
1907 654,476 4.66% estimation process
1917 790,939 17.25% Family register
1927 1,059,800 25.37% Family register
1937 1,312,096 19.23% Family register
1947 2,090,654 37.24% Family register
1960 3,349,000 37.57% Family register
1966 4,219,900 20.64% Family register
1976 5,084,463 17% Family register
1986 6,068,695 16.22% Family register
1996 7,601,018 20.16% Family register
2006 7,740,018 1.8% Family register
2008 7,947,121 2.61% Family register
2009 8,026,454 0.99% Family register
2012 8,259,461 2.82% estimation process
2018 9,293,612 11.13% estimation process

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