3. Cairo is located in the north
of Egypt.
It is in the south of the sea
Mediterranean and in the
west of the Suez's Gulf.
Cairo is along the Nile
River.
Cairo is the capital of Egypt
and the largest city in the
Arab world and Africa.
It is divided in neighborhoods.
6. POPULATION
The metropolitan
area includes an
approximate
population of 16
million inhabitants,
turning to Cairo into
the eleventh city most
filled in the world. It
is, also, the
metropolitan area
most filled in the
whole African
continent.
7. HISTORY
The area around present-day Cairo
date to series of settletements in the
first millennium.
In 1250 slave soldiers (Mamluks)
established Cairo as the capital of
their dynasty. They built newer
building and brought new
infraestructure to the centre of the
city.
Cairo flourished as a centre of
Islamic scholarship and a crossroads
on the spice trade.
Cairo was devastted during the 1952
Cairo Fire (Black Saturday).
In 1992 Cairo was hit by the
earthquake.
In 2011 was the Egyptian Revolution.
9. CURRENCY
The Egyptian Pound.
The tickets are 100, 50, 20, 10,
5, 1 pound and 50 and 25
piasters.
The coins are 50, 25, 20, 10
and 5 piasters.
10. WEATHER
The climate in Cairo is arid.
With warm summers and
moderate winters.
The average temperatures
range between the 23-24 °C
The minimal temperatures
are 8-9 °C.
The maximum temperatures
are 35-36 °C
11. HOW TO GET THERE
From Spain you can go to Cairo:
By plane
It takes you
4 hours and
30 minutes
By car
there are By ship
more than you need to
4000 do transfer in
kilometres Italian ports