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Greater Cairo
القاهرة الكبرى Al-Qāhira ِ Al-Kubra
—  Metropolitan aurie  —
Coordinates: 30°03′N 31°22′E / 30.05°N 31.367°E / 30.05; 31.367
Kintra Flag of Egypt.svg Egyp
Province Cairo
Giza
Qalyubia
Indwallers (1 Januar 2010)
 - Tot 19,622,652
  estimate
Time zone EET (UTC+2)

Greater Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة الكبرىAl-Qāhira Al-Kubra) is the lairgest metropolitan aurie in Egyp an the third lairgest urban aurie in the Islamic Warld efter Jakarta an Istanbul. It is the lairgest urban aurie in Africae, Mediteranean kintras an North Africae.[1] It is the warld's 16t lairgest metropolitan aurie,[2] consistin o current govrenorates Cairo, Giza, an Qalyubia.

Population [edit]

Govrenorate Population
1 Januar 2010 estimates
Egyptian Statistics
Aurie
km²
Cairo 8,968,723 214
Giza 6,107,365 85,153
Qalyubia 4,546,564 1,001
3 Govrenorates 19,622,652 86,368

References [edit]

  1. Demographia World Urban Areas & Population Projections, Demographia, April 2009, http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf, retrieved 9 Jul 2009 
  2. R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly", City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)