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The Greater Cairo Region is also officially defined as an economic region consisting of the Cairo, Giza, and Qalyubia Governorates. [6] [7] Within Greater Cairo lies the largest metropolitan area in Egypt, [8] the largest urban area in Africa, the Middle East, and the Arab world, and the 6th largest metropolitan area in the world. [9]
Giza (/ ˈ ɡ iː z ə /; sometimes spelled Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza; Arabic: الجيزة, romanized: al-Jīzah, pronounced [ald͡ʒiːzah], Egyptian Arabic: الجيزة el-Gīza [elˈgiːzæ]) [3] is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and ...
Giza city has also undergone significant expansion over recent years, and today has a population of 2.7 million. [156] The Cairo Governorate was just north of the Helwan Governorate from 2008 when some Cairo's southern districts, including Maadi and New Cairo, were split off and annexed into the new governorate, [162] to 2011 when the Helwan ...
Cairo, Egypt is the third largest city in Africa and the largest one in the Arab world. Riverside of Giza, a mega-suburb of Cairo and the second-largest city in Egypt with over 9 million inhabitants. Oceanside of Luanda, the Angolan metropolis and a major hub for Africa's fossil fuel industries.
[2] [3] About 95% [4] of the country's 104 million people (July 2023) [5] live along the banks of the Nile and in the Nile Delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal. These regions are among the world's most densely populated, containing an average of over 1,540 people per km 2 , as compared to 96 persons per km 2 for the ...
Largest cities See also Further reading External links 0-9 10th of Ramadan 15th of May 6th of October A Abu El Matamir Abu Hummus Abu Tesht Abu Tig Akhmim Al Khankah Alexandria Arish Ashmoun Aswan Awsim Ain El Sokhna B Badr Baltim Banha Basyoun Biyala Belqas Beni Mazar Beni Suef Beni Ebeid Biba Bilbeis Birket El Sab Borg El Arab Borg El Burullus Bush C Cairo D Dahab Dairut Damanhur Damietta ...
Giza Governorate (Arabic: ... situated on the west bank of the Nile River opposite Cairo. ... with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 9,456,137.
Population of Cairo: 9,153,135; Area of Cairo: 606 km 2 (234 sq mi) Cairo. ... World Heritage Sites in Cairo Giza pyramid complex. Great Pyramid of Giza;