Old Cairo

historic area in Cairo, Egypt
Place shiyakha Q2993461
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Old Cairo

Summary

Old Cairo is a shiyakha[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of shiyakha entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (153 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Cairo is located in Cairo Governorate[3].
  • Old Cairo is located in South Area[4].
  • Old Cairo is in the country of Egypt[5].
  • Old Cairo's image is recorded as Cairo Amr 1.jpg[6].
  • Old Cairo's instance of is recorded as shiyakha[7].
  • Old Cairo's instance of is recorded as human settlement[8].
  • Old Cairo's locator map image is recorded as Cairo - Masr al-Qadima (Old Cairo) District Map.jpg[9].
  • Old Cairo's part of is recorded as Cairo[10].
  • Old Cairo's Commons category is recorded as Old Cairo[11].
  • Old Cairo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.0167, 'lon': 31.2333}[12].
  • Old Cairo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wvg83[13].
  • Old Cairo's official website is recorded as http://www.cairo.gov.eg/ar/Hay_Misr%20ElQdema/Pages/default.aspx[14].
  • Old Cairo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old Cairo[15].
  • Old Cairo's Commons gallery is recorded as القاهرة القديمة[16].
  • Old Cairo's page banner is recorded as Old Cairo 01-2006 (cropped).jpg[17].
  • Old Cairo's population is recorded as {'amount': '+270270'}[18].
  • Old Cairo's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Misr-al-Qadimah[19].
  • Old Cairo's GeoNames ID is recorded as 352261[20].
  • Old Cairo's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+25'}[21].
  • Old Cairo's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.24'}[22].
  • Old Cairo's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gmzlsgwn[23].
  • Old Cairo's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1214g6g_[24].
  • Old Cairo's museum-digital place ID is recorded as 64171[25].
  • Old Cairo's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/51477f2f-f9f1-4606-8e10-3fcd600130e1[26].

Body

Geography

Old Cairo is in the country of Egypt[5]. Located in include Cairo Governorate[3], a governorate of Egypt[27], in Egypt[28], founded in 0969[29] and South Area[4], an administrative territorial entity of Egypt[30], in Egypt[31]. Its part of is recorded as Cairo[10].

Physical Characteristics

Old Cairo's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.24'}[22]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+25'}[21]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+270270'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include shiyakha[7] and human settlement[8].

Why It Matters

Old Cairo ranks in the top 8% of shiyakha entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (153 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . webcitation.org. webcitation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_old-cairo_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Old Cairo}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-cairo}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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