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Cairo is the largest metropolitan area in North Africa and Arabia
Situated along the Nile River, Greater Cairo is home to over twenty million inhabitants.
Cairo has served as a major political, cultural, and commercial hub for the Arab world since its founding in the tenth century CE. Located just north of where the Nile valley opens into its fertile delta, the city sits near ancient sites including the Giza Pyramid complex. Egypt is constructing a new administrative capital east of Cairo.
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