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CAIRO
Calling Code: +20
For more than a thousand years, Egypt's densely populated capital has rested just south of the Nile River delta. Over the
centuries it has expanded to the north, south and west due to growing population, receding river channels and suburbanization.
The city is divided into many different districts, some of which include Modern Cairo, Islamic Cairo, Old Cairo, colonial downtown and
the City of the Dead.
The history of Cairo's rulers is reflected in the city's urban expansion, as each successive leader chose to develop areas upwind of
the last. Currently, a number of slums surround the central, more westernized area of the city.
Fifteen miles south of Cairo is Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt and home to the famed Pyramids of Giza.
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