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Greater Cairo

القاهرة الكبرى Al-Qāhira ِ Al-Kubra
Coordinates: 30°03′N 31°22′E / 30.050°N 31.367°E / 30.050; 31.367
Kintra Egyp
ProvinceCairo
Giza
Qalyubia
Population
 (1 Januar 2010)
  Total19,622,652
 estimate
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Greater Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة الكبرى Al-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

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Govrenorate Population
1 Januar 2010 estimates
Egyptian Statistics
Aurie
km²
Cairo8,968,723214
Giza6,107,36585,153
Qalyubia4,546,5641,001
3 Govrenorates19,622,65286,368

References

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  1. Demographia World Urban Areas & Population Projections (PDF), Demographia, 2009, retrieved 9 Julie 2009 Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  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" Archived 2010-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)