القاهرة
Metropolis
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Coordinates: 30°2′40″N 31°14′9″E / 30.04444°N 31.23583°E / 30.04444; 31.23583Coordinates: 30°2′40″N 31°14′9″E / 30.04444°N 31.23583°E / 30.04444; 31.23583
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Cairo
Founded	969 CE
Founded by	Fatimid dynasty
Government
• Governor	Atef Abd El Hamid
Area
• Metropolis	214 km2 (83 sq mi)
• Metro	17,267.6 km2 (6,667.1 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Metropolis	19,500,000
• Density	19,376/km2 (50,180/sq mi)
• Urban	18,290,000
• Metro	20,439,541
• Demonym	Cairene
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
Website	www.cairo.gov.eg
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Historic Cairo
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iii, vi
Designated	1979
Reference no.
State Party	Egypt
Region	Arab States

The town center of Cairo, seen from the Cairo tower.

A map of Egypt. Cairo is the light green spot.

Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة, usually transliterated as Al-Qāhirah) is the capital and largest city in Egypt. The city name can be translated as the one who won. Cairo is sometimes called "Mother of the World" (Um al Dunya).

Cairo has 7,947,121 people. About 17,290,000 people live in its urban area. This makes it the biggest city of the Arab World. It also is the city with the biggest urban area in Africa

The city is on the Nile River.