[49] By the 16th century, Cairo also had high-rise apartment buildings where the two lower floors were for commercial and storage purposes and the multiple stories above them were rented out to tenants. For other uses, see, Façade of Terminal 3 at Cairo International Airport, Departures area of Cairo International Airport's Terminal 1. [31] Egypt's capital was permanently moved to Cairo, which was eventually expanded to include the ruins of Fustat and the previous capitals of al-Askar and al-Qatta'i. A chart on page 116 is slightly misplaced. [93][94], Until the mid-19th century, when the river was tamed by dams, levees, and other controls, the Nile in the vicinity of Cairo was highly susceptible to changes in course and surface level. In 1992, Cairo was hit by an earthquake causing 545 deaths, injuring 6,512 and leaving around 50,000 people homeless.[84]. Egypt has a very young population. This fortress, known as Babylon, was the nucleus of the Roman and then the Byzantine city and is the oldest structure in the city today. [152] Today, the Khan el-Khalili is a major tourist attraction and popular stop for tour groups. ; Egypt population is equivalent to 1.31% of the total world population. Basically the entire town is on the National Register of Historic Places, and history is hidden everywhere. Because of this, it is difficult to divide Cairo into urban, rural, subdivisions, or to eliminate certain parts of the metropolitan administrative territory on various theme (unofficial statistics and data). Ramy Ashour and Amr Shabana are regarded as two of the most talented squash players in history. J.B. Pritzker at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in Cairo in August 2020. It provides a bird's eye view of Cairo to the restaurant patrons. At that time, Egypt's capital was then moved to Cairo and by 1340 its population had grown to nearly 500,000 and it was a growing trading center. The city’s population for 2020 is 20.1 million. It is located close to the Nile Delta. [52] Still, when Napoleon arrived in Cairo in 1798, the city's population was less than 300,000, forty percent lower than it was at the height of Mamluk—and Cairene—influence in the mid-14th century. The Cairo Metro is one of only two metro systems in Africa (the other being in Algiers, Algeria), and ranks amongst the fifteen busiest in the world,[15] with over 1 billion[16] annual passenger rides. The city’s population is 20.0 million. Delhi comes second in the list that includes the megacities for 2020. In the past 70 years, Paris’s population has almost doubled in size from 6.2 million people in 1950 and has now become the most populous urban area in all of Europe, with a population density of 21,000 people per square kilometer. Founded in 1919, the American University in Cairo is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of intellectual, social and cultural life of the Arab world. About 10% are Christian, particularly Coptic Orthodoxy, which was the dominant religion in Cairo before Islam. Found insideThe GreaterCairo Region (GCR),with a population of about16 million,is the largest ... But concernswereraised about spontaneous urban growth occurring along ... Tourists who are not familiar with such high levels of pollution must take extra care. But most people in Cairo live in poverty. [147] Basically the entire town is on the National Register of Historic Places, and history is hidden everywhere. Shanghai’s population for 2020 is 25.6 million. Found inside – Page 195Percent of Jewish Enlarged out of Total Israel and Palestine Population , Maximum - Minimum Jewish and Palestinian Scenarios , 2000–2020 Population 2010 ... However, despite this fact, Cairo’s population continues to grow rapidly. This achievement lead to the President of the Festival again contacting the FIAPF with the request that a competition should be included at the 1991 Festival. Arabic is the most widely spoken language in Cairo, although many educated Cairenes speak English, Italian or French. The low periods created another island at the turn of the 14th century that now composes Zamalek and Gezira. Found inside – Page 182Figure 10.9 demonstrates 4-D COVID-19 spatial variation from September 3rd, 2020 to January 11th 2021. At present, the population of Cairo is 20,901,000, ... Governorate Cairo is considered a city-proper and functions as a municipality. Today, the Egyptian capital has the oldest and largest film and music industries in the Arab world, as well as the world's second-oldest institution of higher learning, Al-Azhar University. The Cairo International Stadium was built in 1960 and its multi-purpose sports complex that houses the main football stadium, an indoor stadium, several satellite fields that held several regional, continental and global games, including the African Games, U17 Football World Championship and was one of the stadiums scheduled that hosted the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations which was played in January 2006. Found inside – Page 49... Population density Population Data • Capital: Cairo • Major cities: Cairo, ... by 2030: 120,000,000 • Birth Rate: 23.4 per 1 000 population (Year: 2020) ... [30] When Caliph al-Mu'izz li Din Allah arrived from the old Fatimid capital of Mahdia in Tunisia in 973, he gave the city its present name, Qāhirat al-Mu'izz ("The Vanquisher of al-Mu'izz").[29]. The city of Lagos covers an immense area, coming in with a total of 1,171.28 square kilometers (452.23 square miles). Meanwhile, FDI to the country fell by 39% in 2020, according to the UN Conference on … Found inside – Page 132Specifically, the Cairo Programme of Action calls for the following: ... and boys by 2015 (operationalized as linear interpolation to the period 2015-2020). In 1250, slave soldiers, known as the Mamluks, seized control of Egypt and like many of their predecessors established Cairo as the capital of their new dynasty. [43] For this reason, the history of Cairo during Ottoman times is often described as inconsequential, especially in comparison to other time periods. [23] Lioui (ⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ) or Elioui (ⲉⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ) is another name which is a corruption of Greek name of Heliopolis (Ήλιούπολις). After the original opera house was destroyed, Cairo was without an opera house for nearly two decades until the opening of the new Cairo Opera House in 1988. In 969, the Fatimid empire ruled over Egypt after conquering Ifriqiya, and under the rule of its founder Jawhar Al Saqili, a new fortified city northeast of Fustat was established. At the 28th place of the list comes Paris with 11.1 million population. [22] The location of the ancient city of Heliopolis is the suburb of Ain Shams (Arabic: عين شمس‎, 'Eye of the Sun'). Found inside – Page 786 Estimated population in 2017 based on the 2012 population census with 1.66% growth per year (Populationcity.com). 7 Density of Cairo, not considering the ... [97] The areas, which are home to most of Cairo's embassies, are surrounded on the north, east, and south by the older parts of the city. Found inside – Page ixIn Cairo , the international community agreed to redefine the population issue ... development and economic growth within the context of what is referred to ... There are 34 cities that meet the definition of a megacity (an urban area must have a population of 10 million people) spread throughout the globe. Cairo's 2021 population is now estimated at 21,322,750.In 1950, the population of Cairo was 2,493,514.Cairo has grown by 422,146 since 2015, which represents a 2.02% annual change. The city’s population for 2020 is 20.1 million. Osaka in Japan is at number ten of the list. AUC is an independent, not-for-profit, equal-opportunity institution. The Association ran the festival for seven years until 1983. Continuing a practice started by the Ayyubids, much of the land occupied by former Fatimid palaces was sold and replaced by newer buildings. Wind storms can be frequent, bringing Saharan dust into the city, from March to May and the air often becomes uncomfortably dry. [140] It is also the location of several important religious shrines such as the al-Hussein Mosque (whose shrine is believed to hold the head of Husayn ibn Ali), the Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i (founder of the Shafi'i madhhab, one of the primary schools of thought in Sunni Islamic jurisprudence), the Tomb of Sayyida Ruqayya, the Mosque of Sayyida Nafisa, and others. Since 2015, its numbers have grown by about 2.12 percent a year. ; Egypt ranks number 14 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. )” Originally a tented camp (Fustat signifies "City of Tents") Fustat became a permanent settlement and the first capital of Islamic Egypt. Found inside – Page 54... by 2020, Kinshasa's 12.7 million exceed Cairo's projected 12.5 million, ... Cairo added 436,000 to its population, a 4.1 per cent increase. These documents were written from about 870 to 1880 AD and have been archived in various American and European libraries. City Size and Population Density. [66][67] Europeans accounted for five percent of Cairo's population at the end of the 19th century, by which point they held most top governmental positions.[68]. In summer, the highs rarely surpass 40 °C (104 °F), and lows drop to about 20 °C (68 °F). Almost 10 million people lived in Cairo’s slums in 2016. Cairo has an older population compared to the national average, however, with 36% of the people under the age of 15. Cairo (/ˈkaɪroʊ/ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة‎, romanized: al-Qāhirah, pronounced [ælˈqɑːhɪɾɑ] (listen), Coptic: ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ) is the capital and largest city of Egypt. [91][92] Geologically, Cairo lies on alluvium and sand dunes which date from the quaternary period. J.B. Pritzker at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in Cairo in August 2020. [160] The account was founded by student Nadeen Ashraf, who is credited for instigating an iteration of the #MeToo movement in Egypt. ; Egypt population is equivalent to 1.31% of the total world population. Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6,000 injured. Mumbai in India is at number 7 of the list. Found inside – Page 335Ashford, L. S. (1995) “New Perspectives on Population: Lessons from Cairo ... Bhagat, R. B. (1998) “Recent Trends on Population Growth and Fertility Levels ... Found insideTo the contrary, it is estimated that, by 2020, some 66 per cent of Greater Cairo's population will be living in what are called 'informal areas' (Sims and ... Khan el-Khalili is an ancient bazaar, or marketplace adjacent to the Al-Hussein Mosque. 6th of October City, west of Cairo, and New Cairo, east of Cairo, are major urban developments which have been built to accommodate additional growth and development of the Cairo area. Found inside – Page 328“The Creation of 'Manshiet Nasser' Out of Cairo's Demographic Growth” (unpublished paper). Cairo: Population Council, 1988. Shorter, Frederic C., and Huda ... Although the Cairo metropolis extends away from the Nile in all directions, the city of Cairo resides only on the east bank of the river and two islands within it on a total area of 453 square kilometres (175 sq mi). Most of the sports federations of the country are also located in the city suburbs, including the Egyptian Football Association. Found inside – Page 553At least two million housing units must be built between 2010 and 2020 to keep pace with the growing urban population (UNHABITAT, 2010). Cairo faces ... Nationalists staged large-scale demonstrations in Cairo in 1919,[37] five years after Egypt had been declared a British protectorate. [150] It is still occupied by the military today, but is now open as a tourist attraction comprising, notably, the National Military Museum, the 14th century Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad, and the 19th century Mosque of Muhammad Ali which commands a dominant position on Cairo's skyline. [164], Cairo also has many unregistered lead and copper smelters which heavily pollute the city. The City of Angels started out as a town of just 4,000 people and gradually became a city that for many is characterized as a paradise. The city's population in 2016 was estimated to be as high as 12 million. Almost 10 million people lived in Cairo’s slums in 2016. Maria Gourtsilidou is Senior Editor of Research and Data Analytics at the CEOWORLD magazine. The city’s population is 21.6 million. While its infant mortality rate of 42.2 deaths per 1,000 live births is still very high, it is much lower than the 240 deaths per 1,000 live births seen in 1961. This page was last edited on 6 October 2021, at 11:03. Though the city has adequate water capacity, it lacks an efficient distribution system. As al Qahira expanded these earlier settlements were encompassed, and have since become part of the city of Cairo as it expanded and spread; they are now collectively known as "Old Cairo". 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[89], Cairo is located in northern Egypt, known as Lower Egypt, 165 kilometres (100 mi) south of the Mediterranean Sea and 120 kilometres (75 mi) west of the Gulf of Suez and Suez Canal. Cairo is the official end point of Cross Egypt Challenge where its route ends yearly in the most sacred place in Egypt, under the Great Pyramids of Giza with a huge trophy-giving ceremony.[121]. [61] Bigger changes came to Cairo under Isma'il Pasha (r. 1863–1879), who continued the modernisation processes started by his grandfather. Key findings 1. Greater Cairo has long been the hub of education and educational services for Egypt and the region. Cairo is a primate city, as the second largest city of Alexandria is only 30% of Cairo's size. It is also situated at the nucleus of the Coptic Orthodox community, which separated from the Roman and Byzantine churches in the late 4th century. Almost all of Egypt’s people live along the Nile river banks and Suez Canal, Cairo, and Alexandria. [37][44][45] However, during the 16th and 17th centuries, Cairo remained an important economic and cultural centre. Definition: Urban agglomerations include a central city and neighboring places mostly linked by (more or less) continuously built-up areas. Young residents are having fewer children, leading the population to a decline. Cairo, as well as neighbouring Giza, has been established as Egypt's main centre for medical treatment, and despite some exceptions, has the most advanced level of medical care in the country. Trams in Greater Cairo and Cairo trolleybus were used as modes of transportation, but were closed im the 1970s in everywhere except Heliopolis and Helwan. [95], Low periods of the Nile during the 11th century continued to add to the landscape of Cairo; a new island, known as Geziret al-Fil, first appeared in 1174, but eventually became connected to the mainland. [155] Egypt still struggles with poverty, with almost half the population living on $2 or less a day. But if one were to trace the origins of this realization, many threads would lead back to Cairo in 1994. Found inside – Page 8Demographic Momentum : Possible Paths of Mexican Population Growth 19 2020 ... and Calcutta to approximately 20 million ; Tehran , Cairo , and Karachi to ... Some agglomerations have more than one central city (e.g., "The Ruhr"). This has fuelled rapid construction in the city, with one building in five being less than 15 years old. Lagos in Nigeria is at number 18 of the list. The National Cultural Centre was built with the help of JICA, the Japan International Co-operation Agency and stands as a prominent feature for the Japanese-Egyptian co-operation and the friendship between the two nations. Data: The presented population figures are projected according to the previous development to the given reference date. The entertainment industry today has grown leaps and bounds. Old Cairo, located south of the centre, holds the remnants of Fustat and the heart of Egypt's Coptic Christian community, Coptic Cairo. 3.1. [25], Sometimes the city is informally referred to as Kayro by people from Alexandria (IPA: [ˈkæjɾo]; Egyptian Arabic: كايرو‎).[26]. [80], The city was devastated during the 1952 riots known as the Cairo Fire or Black Saturday, which saw the destruction of nearly 700 shops, movie theatres, casinos and hotels in downtown Cairo. Although no longer on the spice route, the city facilitated the transportation of Yemeni coffee and Indian textiles, primarily to Anatolia, North Africa, and the Balkans. 75% of Egyptians are under the age of 25, and just 3% are over the age of 65. with 36% of the people under the age of 15. highest air pollution levels in the world. Paris owes most of its population growth to the birth of children between the years of 1999 to 2009. Among its most famous collections on display are the finds from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Data: The presented population figures are projected according to the previous development to the given reference date. The annual match between Al Ahly and El Zamalek is one of the most watched sports events in Egypt as well as the African-Arab region. The Covid-19 pandemic brought these festivities to an abrupt end. Those that do exist are very small and are not concentrated in specific neighborhoods. Mumbai in India is at number 7 of the list. Shanghai comes third in the list that includes the megacities for 2020. However, the most notable event in the square was being the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak. In 1905 the Heliopolis Oasis Company headed by the Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain and by Boghos Nubar, son of the Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha built a suburb called Heliopolis (city of the sun in Greek) ten kilometers from the center of Cairo. 75% of Egyptians are under the age of 25, and just 3% are over the age of 65, which makes it one of the youngest countries. However, despite this fact, Cairo’s population continues to grow rapidly. Lead has been shown to cause harm to the central nervous system and neurotoxicity particularly in children. The Mamluk sultans and elites were eager patrons of religious and scholarly life, commonly building religious or funerary complexes whose functions could include a mosque, madrasa, khanqah (for Sufis), a sabil (water dispensary), and a mausoleum for themselves and their families. The next one on the list is Dhaka in Bangladesh. Twenty thousand buses have also been commissioned to the city to improve congestion levels, which are very high.[166]. In 750, following the overthrow of the Umayyad caliphate by the Abbasids, the new rulers created their own settlement to the northeast of Fustat which became their capital. Dynamic women hold responsible positions in sports. Mohamed El Shorbagy held the world number one position for more than a year before being overtaken by compatriot Karim Abdel Gawad, who is number two behind Gregory Gaultier of France. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the ... It consists of Cairo Governorate, parts of Giza Governorate, and parts of Qalyubia Governorate. [50], Under the Ottomans, Cairo expanded south and west from its nucleus around the Citadel. 7 - Cairo, Egypt: 20,900,604 . During that time, the construction of the al-Azhar Mosque was commissioned by order of the Caliph, which developed into the third-oldest university in the world. CAIRO (Reuters) - In Egypt's new capital on the outskirts of Cairo, residents will use smart cards and apps to unlock doors and make payments, and surf the … [163], In recent years, a black cloud (as Egyptians refer to it) of smog has appeared over Cairo every autumn due to temperature inversion. On page 49, the second paragraph should read: “Imagine that a district's circle sits on the +20 line above the baseline.This means that Republicans lost 10 percentage points, which went to Democrats, for a total of +20 percentage point change in their favor (there weren't third-party candidates, I guess. She studied Public Administration (Economics Of The Public Sector) in Greece and holds a Bachelor’s in Public Administration from the Panteion University of Political & Social Studies. The most prominent architectural heritage of medieval Cairo, however, dates from the Mamluk period, from 1250 to 1517 AD. The next one on the list is Cairo. It has been known as several names, including Memphis, Heliopolis, Babylon-in-Egypt, Al-Fustat, Al-Qatari, Al-Askar and more by the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, and Turks. Snowfall is extremely rare; a small amount of graupel, widely believed to be snow, fell on Cairo's easternmost suburbs on 13 December 2013, the first time Cairo's area received this kind of precipitation in many decades. The great majority of publishing houses and media outlets and nearly all film studios are there, as are half of the nation's hospital beds and universities. Found inside – Page 99At least two million housing units must be built between 2010 and 2020 to keep pace with the growing urban population (UNHABITAT, 2010). Cairo faces ... [76] The publication has been called a "terrific success", and the edition has been described as one "now widely seen as the official text of the Qur’an", so popular among both Sunni and Shi'a that the common belief among less well-informed Muslims is "that the Qur’an has a single, unambiguous reading". Following the Muslim conquest in AD 640, the conqueror Amr ibn As settled to the north of the Babylon in an area that became known as al-Fustat. [158] The situation is so severe that in 2017, Cairo was named by one poll as the most dangerous megacity for women in the world. Ruling from Constantinople, Sultan Selim I relegated Egypt to a province, with Cairo as its capital. [116], There are several other sports teams in the city that participate in several sports including el Gezira Sporting Club, el Shams Club, el Seid Club, Heliopolis Club and several smaller clubs, but the biggest clubs in Egypt (not in area but in sports) are Al Ahly and Al Zamalek. The Covid-19 pandemic brought these festivities to an abrupt end. [69] Nevertheless, this led to Egypt's independence in 1922. By the 17th century under the Ottoman rule, it began a long decline that was not reversed until the mid-19th century under Muhammad Ali Pasha. This edition has become the standard for modern printings of the Quran[74][75] for much of the Islamic world. In 905, the Abbasids re-asserted control of the country and their governor returned to Fustat, razing al-Qatta'i to the ground. [132], The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. Cairo would eventually become a centre of learning, with the library of Cairo containing hundreds of thousands of books. World’s Best Countries For Its Citizens To Live. In 1950, the population of Cairo was 2,493,514. The next one on the list is Cairo. A young city. But if one were to trace the origins of this realization, many threads would lead back to Cairo in 1994. [81] The British departed Cairo following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, but the city's rapid growth showed no signs of abating. There are flyovers and bridges, such as the 6th October Bridge that, when the traffic is not heavy, allow fast[108] means of transportation from one side of the city to the other. Almost all of Egypt’s people live along the Nile river banks and Suez Canal, Cairo, and Alexandria. Found insideThus, Cairo's population grew from 267,000 in 1947 to 350,000 in 1960. ... Egypt's uprising of 20114 led to regime changes affecting Cairo's growth ... On occasion, sewage has escaped onto the streets to create a health hazard. [37][52], The French occupation was short-lived as British and Ottoman forces, including a sizeable Albanian contingent, recaptured the country in 1801. Found insideThe best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. The area around present-day Cairo, especially Memphis, which was the old capital of Egypt, had long been a focal point of Ancient Egypt due to its strategic location just upstream from the Nile Delta. He chose the site of Memphis as the capital, located about 25 kilometers south of present-day downtown Cairo. Egypt is internationally known for the excellence of its squash players who excel in both professional and junior divisions. From 1882 to 1926, Cairo and the rest of Egypt were ruled by the British. Cairo has a very poor dispersion factor because of its lack of rain and its layout of tall buildings and narrow streets, which create a bowl effect. and Development (ICPD), adopted in Cairo in 1994. [37] A chart on page 116 is slightly misplaced. The best known teams are Al Ahly, El Zamalek and Al-Ismaily. Because of the influx of people into the city, lone standing houses are rare, and apartment buildings accommodate for the limited space and abundance of people. [62] Drawing inspiration from Paris, Isma'il envisioned a city of maidans and wide avenues; due to financial constraints, only some of them, in the area now composing Downtown Cairo, came to fruition. The number of residents reached a really high level between 1940 and 1995. [39][38]: 225, Although Cairo avoided Europe's stagnation during the Late Middle Ages, it could not escape the Black Death, which struck the city more than fifty times between 1348 and 1517. The request was granted. [124], This growth until recently surged well ahead of city services. In 1815 London was the largest city in the world. Being at the heart of Cairo, the square witnessed several major protests over the years. In the past 70 years, Paris’s population has almost doubled in size from 6.2 million people in 1950 and has now become the most populous urban area in all of Europe, with a population density of 21,000 people per square kilometer. One of the most important and lasting institutions founded in the Fatimid period was the Mosque of al-Azhar, founded in 970 AD, which competes with the Qarawiyyin in Fes for the title of oldest university in the world. High temperatures in winter range from 14 to 22 °C (57 to 72 °F), while night-time lows drop to below 11 °C (52 °F), often to 5 °C (41 °F). This original carvanserai building was demolished by Sultan al-Ghuri, who rebuilt it as a new commercial complex in the early 16th century, forming the basis for the network of souqs existing today. Football is the most popular sport in Egypt, [113] and Cairo has a number of sporting teams that compete in national and regional leagues. ; Egypt ranks number 14 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture. Today, it is globally recognized that fulfilling the rights of women and girls is central to development. Cairo's hospitals include the JCI-accredited As-Salaam International Hospital—Corniche El Nile, Maadi (Egypt's largest private hospital with 350 beds), Ain Shams University Hospital, Dar Al Fouad, Nile Badrawi Hospital, 57357 Hospital, as well as Qasr El Eyni Hospital. There are more foreigners from the United States, the United Kingdom, and several Arab countries. About 5,000 years ago, the two kingdoms of Egypt -- the Red kingdom of the north and the White kingdom of the south -- were united by Narmer (Menes), who became the first Pharaoh of Egypt. ; Egypt ranks number 14 in the list of countries (and dependencies) … The Mamluks, and the later Ottomans, also built wikalas or caravanserais to house merchants and goods due to the important role of trade and commerce in Cairo's economy. 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