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Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the
Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river
leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into two branches into the low-lying
Nile Delta region. The oldest part of the city is somewhat east of the river. There, the city gradually spreads west, engulfing the agricultural lands next to the Nile. These western areas, built on the model of Paris by Ismail the Magnificent in the mid-19th century, are marked by wide boulevards, public gardens, and open spaces. The older eastern section of the city is very different: having grown up haphazardly over the centuries it is filled with small lanes and crowded tenements. While western Cairo is dominated by the government buildings and modern architecture, the eastern half is filled with hundreds of ancient mosques that act as landmarks. Extensive water systems have also allowed the city to expand east into the desert. Bridges link the Nile islands of Gezira and Roda, where many government buildings are located and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching the city to the suburbs of Giza and Imbabah (part of the Cairo conurbation). West of Giza, in the desert, is part of the ancient necropolis of Memphis on the Giza plateau, with its three large pyramids, including the Great Pyramid of Giza. Approximately 11 miles (18 km) to the south of modern Cairo is the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis and adjoining necropolis of Saqqara. These cities were Cairo's ancient predecessors, when Cairo was still in this approximate geographical location. |
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Cairo
(Arabic: القاهرة transliteration: Al-Qāhirah), which means "The
Vanquisher" or "The Triumphant", is the capital city of Egypt. While
Al-Qahirah is the official name of the city, in Egyptian Arabic it
is typically called simply by the name of the country, Masr (مصر,
Egypt). It has a metropolitan area population of officially about
16.1 million people.[1] Cairo is the seventh most populous
metropolitan area in the world. It is also the most populous
metropolitan area in Africa.
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