Cairo
Cairo is a capital city in Egypt with a population of about 9,606,916.
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate. It is home to more than 9.8 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world, and the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the largest in the world by population with over 22 million people. Areas of what would become Cairo were inhabited from pre-dynastic and early-dynastic ancient Egypt c. 6000 years ago, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are today within the city.
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About Cairo
| Country | Egypt |
| Continent | Africa |
| Explore | 11 |
| Population | 9,606,916 |
| Local currency | EGP |
| Coordinates | 30.0626, 31.2497 |
| Time zone | Africa/Cairo |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Major city |
| Population (Egypt) | #1 most populated in Egypt |
| Where on Earth | 30°3′45″N · 31°14′59″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 3,347 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 6,672 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Dera Ghazi Khan (Pakistan) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -30.06, -148.75 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Dubai | 2,422 km |
| Moscow | 2,901 km |
| Paris | 3,209 km |
| London | 3,511 km |
| Beijing | 7,542 km |
| Singapore | 8,259 km |