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Country EGYPT CAIRO (regional info) > Tourism & Travel Guide: Cairo BOOK HOTEL RESERVATIONS ONLINE OR BY LIVE TELEPHONE SUPPORT 24/7 AL NABILA HOTEL Cairo Baron Heliopolis Hotel Cairo Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino Cairo Cairo Ramses Hilton Cairo Concorde El Salam Hotel Cairo Concorde Hotel Dokki Cairo Conrad Cairo COSMOPOLITAN Cairo Fairmont Heliopolis Cairo Four Seasons Cairo Nile Plaza Cairo Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at First Residence Cairo Golden Tulip Flamenco Cairo Grand Hyatt Cairo Gresham Cairo Hilton Cairo World Trade Centre Residence Cairo Holiday Inn Cairo City Stars Cairo InterContinental Cairo Citystars Cairo Intercontinental Cairo Semiramis Cairo JW Marriott Hotel Cairo Le Meridien Heliopolis Cairo Maadi Hotel Cairo Novotel Cairo 6th Of October Cairo Novotel Cairo Airport Cairo Om Kolthoom Hotel Cairo President Hotel Cairo Pyramisa Cairo Safir Hotel Cairo SHEPHEARD HOTEL CAIRO Sheraton Cairo Hotel, Towers & Casino Cairo Sofitel Cairo El Gezirah Cairo Sofitel Cairo Maadi Towers Cairo Sonesta Hotel, Tower & Casino - Cairo Talisman Hotel de Charme Cairo The Karvin Hotel Cairo THE MENA HOUSE OBEROI Cairo The Nile Hotel Cairo Zamalek Residence Cairo Egypt. It is the largest city in Egypt and Africa's most populous city. While Al-Qahirah is the official name of the city, in Egyptian Arabic it commonly shares the dialect's name for the country, transliteration: Masr. Inhabitants of Cairo are called Masraweya rather than Masri within Egypt. Cairo was founded by the Fatimid caliphs as a royal enclosure, and replaced Fustat as the seat of the government. It later came under the Mamluks, ruled by the Ottomans 1517 to 1798, briefly occupied by Napoleon. Muhammad Ali of Egypt made Cairo the capital of his independent empire from 1805 to 1882, after which the British took control of it until Egypt attained independence in 1922. Cairo has a population of about 7.7 million people, while its metropolitan area has a population of about 17.285 million people. Cairo is the sixteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is also the most populous metropolitan area in Africa. Today, Greater Cairo encompasses various historic towns and modern districts into one of the most populous cities in the world. A journey through Cairo is a virtual time travel: from the Pyramids, Saladin's Citadel, the Virgin Mary's Tree, the Sphinx, and Heliopolis, to Al-Azhar, the Mosque of Amr ibn al-A'as, Saqqara, the Hanging Church, and the Cairo Tower. It is the Capital of Egypt, and indeed its history is intertwined with that of the country. Today, Cairo's official name is Al-Qahira (Cairo), although the name informally used by most Egyptians is "Masr" (Egyptian Arabic name for Egypt), from the original name of Egypt's first Arab capital Fustat, Misr al-Fustat, "City of the Tents." read full wikipedia reference about Cairo, Egypt OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN EGYPTAll available cities in Egypt Alexandria Aswan Cairo Giza Hurghada Luxor Sharm el Sheikh South Sinai |
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