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 : | 07:35:19 (22nd December 2024) |
Geography
Cairo is located at 30°3'0"N 31°15'0"E (30.05, 31.25).
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Abd El Azim Wazir ,
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- Amman (1988 )
- Baghdad
- Barcelona
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- Beirut
- Buenos Aires
- Casablanca
- Damascus
- Frankfurt am Main (1979 )
- Grenoble
- Houston
- Isfahan
- Istanbul
- Jeddah
- Khartoum
- Lagos
- Mexico City
- Minsk
- Moscow
- New York City (1982 )
- Ottawa
- Paris
- Rabat
- Sarajevo
- Seoul
- Stuttgart (1979 )
- Tbilisi
- Tokyo
- Xi'an
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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