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**Cairo**
	capital city of Egypt
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Instance of	capital city (Egypt); city; big city; megacity; largest city (Egypt); metropolis; ancient city ( – unknown value); tourist destination;
Location	Lower Egypt; Cairo Governorate; Egypt;
Located in or next to body of water	Nile;
Official language	Arabic;
Head of government	Abd El Azim Wazir;
Inception	6 July 969;
Significant event	Siege of Cairo; Capture of Cairo; plague epidemic (1348–1349);
Population	9,606,916 (2018);
Area	528 km²;
Elevation above sea level	23 m;
	30° 02′ 40″ N, 31° 14′ 09″ E
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Cairo is the capital of Egypt.

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The Nile near Cairo (showing the pyramids of Giza)
Climate diagram of Cairo
Strassenszene in Kairo: Das Werben des Laternenmachers (en:Street scene in Cairo: lantern maker), William Holman Hunt, 1854-1861
Gefangene Taube, Cairo, John Frederick Lewis, 1864
Hof im Haus des Malers in Cairo, John Frederick Lewis, 1851
Lilium Auratum, John Frederick Lewis, 1871
The Coffee Bearer, John Frederick Lewis, 1857
Otto Sohn-Rethel, Kohlezeichnung auf Papier, Kairo 1931