Cairo Egypt
Cairo Egypt is the capital of the Arab Republic
of Egypt. It is the biggest and most important city of all.
It is considered the biggest Arab city related of its
population and space. It occupies the second rank in Africa
and the seventeenth in the world related to the number of
population. Its population is 9.5 million citizens according
to the statics in 1995. They represent 10.6 % of the total
population in Egypt.
Cairo Egypt is considered one of the most diverse cities in
the culture and civilization. It witnessed many different
eras over the centuries. It contains various modern and old
milestones. It became an open museum including the Islamic,
Coptic, Romanic, Greek, and Pharaonic monuments. The history
of the city returns to the establishment of “Pharaonic On
City” or Heliopolis “Nowadays Ain Shams” which is considered
the oldest capital of the old world.
The history of establishing Cairo Egypt with its current
model returns to the Islamic conquest by Amr ibn al-Aas in
641 AD and his establishment of Fostat City. Then the
establishment of the Abbasids for El Asker City and the
building of Ahmed bin Tulun for the city of Alqtaa. With the
entrance of the Fatimids to Egypt, the commander Jowhar
al-Saqli began to build the new capital of the Fatimid state
by order of the Fatimid caliph al-Mu'izz Ladinullah in 969
AD. The caliph dominated “Cairo”. Cairo has had many names
over the centuries. It is the city of mil minarets, “Misr El
Mahrousa” and Cairo Al Moez.
Cairo Egypt
Cairo Egypt witnessed the finest arts of
architecture in the Islamic era. They represent in building
Castles, forts, fences, schools, and mosques. This gave
Cairo Egypt a beautiful profile that still existed in all
old suburbs.
Cairo is considered a city and a province at once. It means
that it is a province whose space occupies one city. At the
same time, it is a big city that forms a province. Cairo is
divided into 37 suburbs. It celebrated with its national
feast on the 6 of July each year. This is the day which
agrees to put the commander Jowhar al-Saqli as the
cornerstone for the city in 969 AD. Now the age of Cairo is
about 1044 years.
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Cairo Egypt is considered the headquarters for many
global and provincial organizations. It has the headquarter
for the League of Arab States and the Regional Office for
The World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Women's
Fund (UNCHO), the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as well as the headquarters
of the African Basketball Confederation and the headquarters
of the African Football Confederation.
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