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Area. 16,203.36 ha (162.0336 km 2; 62.5615 sq mi) The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt ...
The City of the Dead, or Cairo Necropolis, also referred to as the Qarafa ( Arabic: القرافة, romanized : al-Qarafa; locally pronounced as al-'arafa ), [ 1] is a series of vast Islamic -era necropolises and cemeteries in Cairo, Egypt. They extend to the north and to the south of the Cairo Citadel, below the Mokattam Hills and outside the ...
Cairo ( / ˈkaɪroʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized : al-Qāhirah, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [el.qɑ (ː)ˈheɾɑ] ⓘ) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people. [ 6]
Egypt is considered to be a regional power in North Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim world, and a middle power worldwide. [ 23] It is a developing country having a diversified economy, which is the largest in Africa, the 38th-largest economy by nominal GDP and 127th by nominal GDP per capita. [ 24]
List of towns and villages in Egypt. Subdivisions of Egypt. Geography of Egypt. Climate of Egypt. List of historical capitals of Egypt. List of urban areas in Africa by population. List of largest cities in the Arab world. Lists of cities in Asia.
376,302. • Density. 860/km 2 (2,200/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+2 ( EET) 6th of October ( Modern Standard Arabic: السادس من أكتوبر Al Sādis Min Uktōber; Egyptian Arabic: ستة اكتوبر Setta Oktōbar) is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. It is a satellite city, located adjacent to Giza, and is part of the Greater Cairo ...
The longest straight-line distance in Egypt from north to south is 1,420 km (880 mi), while that from east to west measures 1,275 km (792 mi). Egypt has more than 2,900 km (1,800 mi) of coastline on the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, and the Gulf of Aqaba. It has an Exclusive Economic Zone of 263,451 km 2 (101,719 sq mi).
Egyptian pyramids. Coordinates: 29°58′21″N 31°07′42″E. A view of the Giza pyramid complex from the plateau to the south of the complex. From left to right, the three largest are: the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Pyramid of Giza. The three smaller pyramids in the foreground are subsidiary structures ...