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Cairo is the capital of Egypt. The city's metropolitan area is one of the largest in Africa,
the largest in the Middle East and the Arab world, and the 15th-largest in the world, and is
associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex &the ancient city of Memphis
are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, modern Cairo
was founded in 969 CE by the Fatimid dynasty, but the land composing the present-day city
was the site of ancient national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo.
Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life,
and is titled the city of a thousand minarets
With a population of over 9 million spread over 3,085 square kilometers,, Cairo is by far the largest
city in Egypt. An additional 9.5 million inhabitants live in close proximity to the city.
Cairo, like many other megacities, suffers from high levels of pollution and traffic
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