Greater Cairo (Arabic : القاهرة الكبرى al-qāhira al-kubrā ) is the largest metropolitan area in Egypt and the largest urban area in Africa .[ 1] largest urban area in the Islamic World after Jakarta and Karachi , and the world's 16th largest metropolitan area ,[ 2] Cairo Governorate , Giza city, Shubra El-Kheima , 6th of October City and Obour City , with a total population estimated at 20,500,000 (as of 2012); area: 1,709 km2 ; density: 10,400/km2 .[ 3]
Climate [ edit ] Greater Cairo and the surrounding area have a 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 ground frost and soft hail .
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^ Demographia World Urban Areas & Population Projections (PDF) , Demographia, April 2009, retrieved 9 July 2009 ^ 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" , City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34) ^ The Evolving Urban Form: Cairo , retrieved 9 Oct 2015 ^ "Cairo Climate and Weather Averages, Egypt" . Retrieved 21 February 2014 .
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