Greater Cairo

The Greater Cairo Area (GCA; Arabic: القاهرة الكبرى‎ El Qāhira El Kobrā) is the largest metropolitan area in Egypt,[3] the largest urban area in Africa, the Middle East, and the Arab world, and the 6th largest metropolitan area in the world.[4] It consists of all cities in the Cairo Governorate as well as Giza, 6th of October, Sheikh Zayed City in the Giza Governorate and Shubra El Kheima and Obour in the Qalyubia Governorate, with a total population estimated at 20,901,000; area: 1,709 km²; density: 10,400/km².[2]

Greater Cairo Area القاهرة الكبرى
Metropolitan area
Coordinates: 30°03′N 31°22′E
Country	Egypt
Core cities	Cairo Giza
Satellite cities	Oct 6 Sheikh Zayed Shubra El Kheima Obour
Population  (2012)
• Total	20,901,000 [1]
	[2]
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	(Not observed)

Climate

The Greater Cairo Area and its surrounding region is classified as hot desert climate (BWh) in Köppen-Geiger classification, as all of Egypt. Cairo and its surrounding region have very similar day to day temperatures; however, the less populated parts at the east and the west do not have the urban heat, which makes them more prone to have soft hail.

Cairo
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     5     19 7     3     21 8     3     24 11     1     29 13     0     32 17     0     35 19     0     35 21     0     35 21     0     33 19     0     30 17     3     26 13     4     21 9 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: Weather2Travel[5]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.2     66 45     0.1     70 46     0.1     75 52     0     84 55     0     90 63     0     95 66     0     95 70     0     95 70     0     91 66     0     86 63     0.1     79 55     0.2     70 48 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

Urban issues

60% of all informal houses in Egypt are located in the Greater Cairo area.[6]

Main cities

• Cairo
• Giza
• Helwan (including 15th of May)
• Shubra El Kheima

Surrounding cities and suburbs

• 6th of October
• Sheikh Zayed City
• Badr
• New Cairo (including El Rehab and the Fifth Settlement)
• New Heliopolis
• Obour
• El Shorouk
• Madinaty

Sometimes included

• 10th of Ramadan (city)

See also

• Cairo Metro
• List of radio stations in Greater Cairo

References

1. https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22812/cairo/population
2. The Evolving Urban Form: Cairo, New Geography, 13 June 2012, retrieved 9 October 2015
3. Demographia World Urban Areas & Population Projections (PDF), Demographia, April 2009, retrieved 9 July 2009
4. R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly" Archived 31 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)
5. "Cairo Climate and Weather Averages, Egypt". Retrieved 21 February 2014.
6. "Urban Initiatives". UN-Habitat Egypt. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.