Cairo

Cairo is the capital of Egypt & the city-state Cairo Governorate, & is the country's largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world & the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is the 12th-largest in the world by population with a population of over 22.1 million.

Districts

Cairo is a city-state where the governor is also the head of the city. Cairo City itself differs from other Egyptian cities in that it has an extra administrative division between the city & district levels, & that is areas, which are headed by deputy governors. Cairo consists of 4 areas (manatiq, singl. mantiqa) divided into 38 districts (ahya', singl. hayy) & 46 qisms (police wards, 1-2 per district):
The Northern Area is divided into 8 Districts

1. Shubra
2. Al-Zawiya al-Hamra
3. Hadayek al-Qubba
4. Rod al-Farg
5. Al-Sharabia
6. Al-Sahel
7. Al-Zeitoun
8. Al-Amiriyya

The Eastern Area divided into 9 Districts & three new cities:

1. Misr al-Gadidah & Al-Nozha (Heliopolis)
2. Nasr City East & Nasr City West
3. Al-Salam 1 (Awwal) & al-Salam 2 (Than)
4. Ain Shams
5. Al-Matariya
6. Al-Marg
7. Shorouk
8. Badr
9. Al-Qahira al-Gadida (New Cairo, three qisms, under jurisdiction of NUCA)

The Western Area divided into 9 Districts

1. Manshiyat Nasser
2. Al-Wayli (Incl. qism al-Daher)
3. Wasat al-Qahira (Central Cairo, incl. Al-Darb al-Ahmar, al-Gamaliyya qisms)
4. Bulaq
5. Gharb al-Qahira (West Cairo, incl. Zamalek qism, Qasr al-Nil qism incl. Garden City & part of Down Town)
6. Abdeen
7. Al-Azbakiya
8. Al-Muski
9. Bab al-Sha'aria

The Southern Area divided into 12 Districts

1. Masr El-Qadima (Old Cairo, including Al-Manial)
2. Al-Khalifa
3. Al-Moqattam
4. Al-Basatin
5. Dar al-Salam
6. Al-Sayeda Zeinab
7. Al-Tebin
8. Helwan
9. Al-Ma'sara
10. Al-Maadi
11. Tora
12. 15th of May

Guilds and Factions

• Magai
• Egyptian Government

Points of interest

• Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Waver Homebase)
• Hanging Church (Grail Vessel)
• Egyptian Museum (Magai Headquarters)
• Monastery of Saint Simon (Devin Homebase)
• Nile River
• Cairo Tower
• Talaat Harb Square
• Baron Empain Palace
• Cairo Citadel
• Cairo Opera House
• Al-Muizz Street
• Heliopolis Palace (Presidential Office of Anakaris Medunamun)
• Khedivial Opera House (Kamijou Base)
• Giza Necropolis (Ausir Homebase)
• Khan el-Khalili Bazaar

Climate

Dry.

Founding Date

969

Alternative Name(s)

City of a Thousand Minarets

Type

Large city