Cairo

Al- Qahirah --- means "The Victorious" or "The Triumphant" in Arabic. Al-Azhar University of Cairo, a famous university in Egypt, is the oldest university in the world. Surprisingly, Sunday is not part of the weekend; it is a traditional day-off. Also, people have to be 21-year-old to drink in Cairo, while as Korea's legal drinking age is 19. Cairo has two major football clubs -- al-Ahly or Zamalek; the dwellers within Cairo enthusiastically support their football club.
 * Cairo,** Egypt is the largest city in Africa and Middle East, and it is the 16th most populous city in the world. Cairo's original name --




 * LINKS**
 * [|Cairo - Wikipedia]
 * [|The Street Food]
 * [|Egyptian Dance, Music, Movies]


 * CAIRO DEMOGRAPHICS**
 * Population
 * City: 7,500,000
 * Suburbs: 8,250,000


 * Foreign born population - 6.7%
 * Ethnicities
 * White: 44.13%
 * African American: 50.77%
 * American Indian: 0.17%
 * Asian: 0.27%
 * Native Hawaiian: 0.14%
 * Mixed race: 0.69%
 * Other race: 3.84%
 * Religions
 * Muslim: 90%
 * Coptic Christians: 9%
 * Coptic Catholics: 0.3%
 * Protestants: 0.3%
 * Roman -- Catholics: 0.1%
 * Jew: 0.1%
 * Greek Orthodox: 0.5%
 * Languages
 * English: 93.8%
 * Spanish: 5.5%
 * Median Household Income: $52,136
 * Source: [|Demographia World Urban Areas], [|Egypt Ethnic Groups], [|Cairo's Demographics]


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