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Cairo
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Cairo

Capital city of Egypt

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Also known as Qahira · Cairo, Egypt · ghahere

Country
Located in
Population
Area
  • 528 km²
Elevation
  • 23 m
Head of government
Founded
  • July 6, 969
Postal code
  • 11511–11668

Overview

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

271 statements · 10% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Twinned administrative body
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Continent
Capital of
Local dialing code
  • 02
Located in or next to body of water
Demonym
Category for people buried here
Native label
  • القاهرة
Official language
Significant event
Economy of topic
Member of
Official name
  • القاهرة
Time of earliest written record
  • 969
Hashtag
  • Cairo
Has characteristic
Located in/on physical feature
Part of

On other databases

130 identifiers linking Cairo across the web's reference databases