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What is the capital of Egypt

Cairo (English: Cairo; Arabic: قـــاهــرة‎), the capital and largest city of Egypt, is also the largest city in Africa and the Arab world. The city straddles the Nile River and is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the entire Middle East, located in the northeast of Egypt. The area is about 3,085 square kilometers, and the population in 2017 was about 22.8 million. . It is the most populous city in Arab and African countries.

Cairo straddles the Nile River, majestic and magnificent, and is the political, economic, cultural and commercial center of the entire Middle East. Cairo is composed of Cairo, Giza and Qalyub provinces, commonly known as Greater Cairo. The highest average temperature in summer is 34.2°C and the lowest is 20.8°C; the highest temperature in winter is 19.9°C and the lowest is 9.7°C.

Cairo is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is also one of the few ancient cities in the world that has suffered the least war damage. Moreover, it has undergone continuous construction and expansion by dynasties and governments, forming today’s big city where ancient and modern coexist and reflect each other.

Cairo is located at the southern end of the Nile Delta, and most of Cairo has a subtropical desert climate. In Cairo, the ubiquitous buildings are mosques and minarets. In Arabic, a minaret is called a minar, referring to the place where the muezzin stands and calls people to prayer.

Since the 7th century, with the widespread spread of Islam in West Asia and North Africa, the architectural art of mosques has continued to develop, and minarets have also evolved into various styles, becoming an indispensable part of mosque architecture and a major part of Cairo City. highlights. On November 29, 2019, EgyptAir launched a direct flight from Hangzhou to Cairo. On December 26, 2019, it ranked 97th in the list of the top 500 global cities in 2019.

Culture

In Cairo, there are also Theater Square and Suleiman Pasha Square, where the Opera House was built to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Between Suleiman Pasha Square and the Nile River is Liberation Square, where the flower beds and lawns are fresh and bright. Nearby are the magnificent Egyptian Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. The most obvious symbol of modern Cairo is the Cairo Tower, which is about 187 meters high, overlooking the whole city from here.

Cairo is a famous cultural city, and its institutions of higher learning are world-renowned. Thousands of Egyptian youths study here, and many foreign students study here. There are the famous Cairo University (2013QS World University Ranking 501-550), Ain Shams University, the ancient Al-Azhar University and so on. These institutions of higher learning have trained a large number of talents for Egypt, the Middle East and Africa.

Cairo is an international tourist city. The Egyptian government has decided to build an entertainment city in the “Sixth of October City” not far from Luoyang. It will also build tourist villages along the Red Sea and Luxor, and a tourist therapy center and a wildlife park in Aswan. Services attract tourists. The temperature in Cairo in summer is 17°C-42°C, and in winter it is 5°C-33°C. The temperature difference between day and night is large, and it is easy to suffer from heat stroke. Tourists should take precautions.

Cairo’s municipal construction is constantly developing, and now Cairo Airport has been integrated with the urban area to form a new urban area – Nasser City, which people call “New Cairo”. Within the depth of tens of kilometers in the new urban area, there are buildings rising from the ground, the largest of which is the International Expo Building Complex. As the largest exhibition venue in the Middle East, the International Expo is held here every spring. It is expected that the new city will soon become another economic center of Egypt.

Cairo is the center of the Arab film world. Film masters such as Yousef Shain and Mohammad Nazar have appeared, and it is known as Hollywood in the Middle East. The Cairo International Film Festival held in Cairo in late November every year is the seventh art event with far-reaching influence in the Arab world.