Cairo

Cairo is in on a small strip of land in between and as well as the confluence of the Ohio and , made famous in Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn".
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  • Type: Town with 2,830 residents
  • Description: city in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: Cairo, IL” and “Cairo, Illinois
  • Postal code: 62914

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alexander County Courthouse.

Courthouse
The is a government building in central Cairo, the county seat of , , . Built in the 1960s, it is the latest in a series of courthouses erected in four towns across Alexander County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Future City.

Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community in Cache Precinct, , , United States. is located along U.S. Route 51 north of Cairo, and south of .

Cairo

Latitude
37.0058° or 37° 0′ 21″ north
Longitude
-89.1772° or 89° 10′ 38″ west
Population
2,830
Elevation
312 feet (95 metres)
IATA airport code
CIR
Open location code
869G2R4F+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153733096
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4234985
Wiki­data ID
Q575306
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cairo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: القاهرة
  • Asturian: Cairo
  • Basque: Cairo
  • Bengali: কেরো
  • Catalan: Cairo
  • Cebuano: Cairo
  • Chechen: Кейро
  • Chinese: Cairo
  • Chinese: 开罗
  • Croatian: Cairo
  • Dagbani: Cairo
  • Danish: Cairo
  • Dutch: Cairo
  • Esperanto: Cairo
  • Finnish: Cairo
  • French: Cairo
  • German: Cairo
  • Gilaki: کایرو (ايلينؤی)
  • Gilaki: کایرو
  • Haitian: Cairo, Ilinwa
  • Haitian: Cairo
  • Hebrew: קהיר
  • Hebrew: קיירו (אילינוי)
  • Hebrew: קיירו
  • Hungarian: Cairo
  • Ido: Cairo, Illinois
  • Ido: Cairo
  • Irish: Cairo
  • Italian: Cairo
  • Japanese: カイロ
  • Korean: 케어로
  • Ladin: Cairo
  • Malayalam: കെയ്‌റോ, ഇല്ലിനോയി
  • Malayalam: കെയ്‌റോ
  • Mazanderani: قاهره (ایلینوی)
  • Mazanderani: قاهره
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cairo
  • Newari: सियरो, इलियोनोई
  • Newari: सियरो
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cairo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cairo
  • Persian: قاهره، ایلینوی
  • Persian: قاهره
  • Polish: Cairo
  • Portuguese: Cairo
  • Romanian: Cairo, Illinois
  • Romanian: Cairo
  • Russian: Кейро
  • Serbian: Керо
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cairo, Illinois
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cairo
  • South Azerbaijani: قاهره، ایلینوی
  • Spanish: Cairo (Illinois)
  • Spanish: Cairo
  • Swedish: Cairo, Illinois
  • Swedish: Cairo
  • Tatar: Кейро
  • Turkish: Cairo, Illinois
  • Turkish: Cairo
  • Ukrainian: Кейро
  • Urdu: کائرو، الینوائے
  • Urdu: کائرو
  • Uzbek: Cairo
  • Uzbek: Cаиро
  • Vietnamese: Cairo, Illinois
  • Vietnamese: Cairo
  • Volapük: Cairo
  • Waray (Philippines): Cairo, Illinois
  • Waray (Philippines): Cairo
  • Welsh: Cairo, Illinois
  • Welsh: Cairo

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