Cairo is the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the most important city at all. Reach out to the population density of over 15 thousand people per square kilometer, and historically named after the city of a thousand minaret of the large number of mosques. Foundations of several cities and the capital, the commander Moez Ledin Allah to open the Cairo after that the foundations of the Fatimid state, has been the essence of Sicilian year 358 AH (969 AD) built a wall around the three cities and the naming three cities of Cairo, and includes Cairo city of Fustat, founded by Amr ibn al-Aas 20 AH, and military city founded by Saleh Bin Ali Abbasi year 132 AH, city Alktaea which was founded by Ahmed Ibn Tulun in 256 AH, in addition to the neighborhoods that have occurred after the reign of Saladin until now.
Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the most populous in Africa and the Middle East. It is the province of the city, that is, they occupy the entire province area of one city, and at the same time a large city constitute a stand-alone province. Despite being a city is the largest but it is one of the smaller provinces of Egypt as mayor. There is also what is known as the Greater Cairo is a semi-official administrative entity includes in addition to the city / province Cairo Giza city and some of its suburbs, Shubra Al Khaimah from Qaliubiya addition to the provinces previously Helwan and Sixth of October.
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