Cairo Governorate
Cairo is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It is formed of the city of Cairo, both the national capital of Egypt and the governorate's, in addition to six satellite cities: The New Capital - which became the official seat of national government in April 2024, New Cairo, El Shorouk, Badr, Capital Gardens, and 15th of May.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: governorate of Egypt with 10,200,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Qāhirah”, “al-Qāhirah Governorate”, and “Cairo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque and Iconic Tower.
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque
Mosque
Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain.
The al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque is a mosque located on the New Middle Ring Road in the New Capital, in the Cairo Governorate, in Northern Egypt. The mosque has a capacity of nearly 17,000 worshippers and is considered the second largest mosque in Egypt, after the Islamic Cultural Center, or Grand Mosque, and is considered one of the world's mega-mosques. Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque is situated 6 km southwest of Cairo Governorate.
Iconic Tower
Photo: Mohamed Ouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Iconic Tower is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt. With a total structural height of almost 400 metres, it is both the tallest building and the tallest structure in Africa. Iconic Tower is situated 6 km southeast of Cairo Governorate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Heliopolis.
New Heliopolis
Village
New Heliopolis is a large 5400-acre real estate development located in the satellite city of Shorouk, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Land for the development was allocated by the Presidential Decree 193/1995 to the Heliopolis Company for Housing and Development, making it the company's largest land allocation since it bought its original 6100-acre plot to build the Heliopolis Oasis in 1905. New Heliopolis is situated 9 km northeast of Cairo Governorate.
Cairo Governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Cairo Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القاهرة”
- Arabic: “القاهره”
- Arabic: “محافظة القاهرة”
- Armenian: “Կահիրե”
- Asturian: “El Cairu”
- Azerbaijani: “əl-Qahirə mühafəzəsi”
- Basque: “Kairoko gobernazioa”
- Belarusian: “Каір”
- Belarusian: “Мухафаза Каір”
- Bengali: “কায়রো গভর্নোরেট”
- Bengali: “কায়রো”
- Bosnian: “Kairo”
- Bulgarian: “Кайро”
- Catalan: “governació del Caire”
- Catalan: “Governació del Caire”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Qāhirah”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای قاھیرە”
- Chinese: “Cairo Séng”
- Chinese: “开罗省”
- Corsican: “Guvernatoratu di u Cairu”
- Corsican: “Guvernatoratu di U Cairu”
- Corsican: “Guvernaturatu di u Cairu”
- Corsican: “Guvernaturatu di U Cairu”
- Czech: “Káhira”
- Danish: “Al Qahirah”
- Dutch: “Caïro”
- Dutch: “Gouvernement Caïro”
- Dutch: “Gouvernement Kairo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة القاهره”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Kairo”
- Finnish: “Kairon kuvernementti”
- Finnish: “Kairon kuvernoraatti”
- French: “gouvernorat du Caire”
- French: “Gouvernorat du Caire”
- French: “Le Caire”
- Georgian: “კაირო”
- Georgian: “კაიროს მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “al-Qāhira”
- German: “EG-C”
- German: “Gouvernement al-Qahira”
- German: “Gouvernement Kairo”
- German: “Kairo”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Καΐρου”
- Gujarati: “કૈરો ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז קהיר”
- Hebrew: “קהיר”
- Hindi: “क़ाहिरा गवर्नरेट”
- Hindi: “क़ाहिरा मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Kairo”
- Interlingua: “Governatorato de Cairo”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Chaireo”
- Italian: “Governatorato del Cairo”
- Japanese: “カーヒラ県”
- Japanese: “カイロ県”
- Kannada: “ಕೈರೋ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “카이로주”
- Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Qahîreyê”
- Latin: “Al-Qahira”
- Latin: “Al-Qāhira”
- Latin: “Cairus”
- Latin: “Provincia Cairi”
- Latvian: “Kairas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Kairo muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kaherah”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Kaherah”
- Maltese: “Governorat tal-Kajr”
- Marathi: “कैरो गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cairo Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Al Qahirah”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Kairo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “governador del Caire”
- Persian: “استان قاهره”
- Polish: “Kair”
- Portuguese: “Cairo”
- Romanian: “Al Qahirah”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Cairo”
- Russian: “Каир”
- Scots: “Cairo Governorate”
- Scots: “Cairo Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Cairo Governorate”
- Serbian: “Каиро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kairo (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kairo”
- Sinhala: “කයිරෝ පළාත”
- Slovak: “Káhira”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Kairo”
- Slovenian: “kairski guvernat”
- South Azerbaijani: “قاهره اوستانی”
- Spanish: “El Cairo”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de El Cairo”
- Swahili: “Al-Qahira”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kairo”
- Swedish: “Guvernementet Kairo”
- Swedish: “Kairo”
- Tagalog: “Gobernasyon ng Cairo”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Қоҳира”
- Tajik: “Қоҳира”
- Tajik: “устони Қоҳира”
- Tamil: “கெய்ரோ கோவெர்னோரேட்”
- Tatar: “Каһирә провинциясе”
- Telugu: “కెయిరో గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการไคโร”
- Turkish: “Kahire”
- Ukrainian: “Каїр”
- Urdu: “محافظہ قاہرہ”
- Venetian: “Goernorà de El Cairo”
- Venetian: “Governadorà de El Cairo”
- Vietnamese: “Cairo”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Cairo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cairo”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Cairo”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ قاہرہ”
- Wu Chinese: “开罗省”
- Zulu: “Cairo Governorate”
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