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CAIRO City Guide | Egypt | Travel Guide

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EXPLORING CAIRO, EGYPT | Walking To The Nile River

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The Other Side of Cairo: Exploring Modern Egypt Travel Vlog

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CAIRO City: A Look at the EGYPTIAN CAPITAL CITY and Africa's third LARGEST Metropolis.

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A Look At the Vibrant City of Cairo, Egypt

Cairo is the capital of Egypt. The city's metropolitan area is one of the largest in Africa, the largest in the Middle East and the Arab world, and the 15th-largest in the world, and is associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, modern Cairo was founded in 969 CE by the Fatimid dynasty, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of ancient national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo. Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture. Cairo is considered a World City with a "Beta +" classification according to GaWC.
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