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About Cairo
Situated at the crossroads of Asia and Africa, Cairo is one of the grand cities of the Islamic world, it is the largest city in the Middle East and Africa and the fifteenth largest city in the world. With a population estimated at around 20 million, swelling by another million each day with commuters and thousands of migrant workers, it is no wonder that Cairo is called a city that never sleeps. Although Cairo is younger than Alexandria, the whole city is a living breathing museum reflecting the ancient influence of Pharaonic, Persian, Greek and Roman influence. Founded 2,500 years after Memphis, the first capital of unified Egypt (upper and lo ...
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