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The Greater Cairo Area and its surrounding region is classified as hot desert climate (BWh) in Köppen-Geiger classification, as all of Egypt.Cairo and its surrounding region have very similar day to day temperatures; however, the less populated parts at the east and the west do not experience the urban heat island effect, which makes them more prone to have soft hail.
It is in close proximity to the city of Cairo, and is considered part of Greater Cairo. It was established by Presidential Decree No. 249 in 1977, in a bid to attract foreign and local capital with the intent of providing job opportunities for the country's youth, as well as to move people away from the Nile Valley to ease the stress on ...
Today, along with the cities of Cairo and Giza, Shubra al-Kheima makes up the contiguous metropolitan area of Greater Cairo. In the 2017 census it was home to 1,161,514 people, [4] divided between two districts comprising five shiakhas (smallest non-administrative census blocks): [5] District 1: (hayy awwal): 481,936 people.
Cairo was founded as a palace-city in 969 by the Fatimid Caliphate. Jawhar al-Siqilli, the Fatimid general who led the conquest of Egypt, oversaw the construction of the city's original walls, which were built of mudbrick. [1] [2] According to later medieval sources, these first city walls, which had a roughly rectangular outline, had eight gates.
The GOPP works on preparing national plans, regional plans, strategic masterplans for cities, as well as urban plans for towns and villages across the country. [6]It has produced a series of masterplans for Greater Cairo, including the infamous Cairo 2050/2052 plan, [7] [8] that faced immediate criticism for its top-down mandates delivered as megaprojects that promised to displace large ...
8 July: "Egyptian soldiers fire on Morsi supporters protesting outside a military facility in Cairo, killing over 50." [35] 14 August: "More than 600 people, mostly Morsi supporters, are killed when police clear two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo." [35] Air pollution in greater Cairo reaches annual mean of 76 PM2.5 and 179 PM10, much higher than ...
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Dokki (Arabic: الدقي pronounced [ed.ˈdoʔ.ʔi], is one of nine districts that make up Giza city, [1] which is part of Greater Cairo, in Egypt. Dokki is situated on the western bank of the Nile, directly across from Downtown Cairo. It is a vital residential and commercial district with major roads connecting the two parts of Greater Cairo ...