11 Facts About In Cairo

1. In 2017, statistics showed that In Cairo has one of the lowest living costs compared to virtually every major city.

2. In Cairo has many unregistered lead and copper smelters which heavily pollute the city.

3. In Cairo is an expanding city, which has led to many environmental problems.

4. In Cairo holds one of the greatest concentrations of historical monuments of Islamic architecture in the world.

5. In Cairo has several synagogues, but few Jews remain after Israel was established and the subsequent exodus, largely due to state sponsored discrimination.

6. In Cairo held its first international film festival 16 August 1976, when the first Cairo International Film Festival was launched by the Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics, headed by Kamal El-Mallakh.

7. In Cairo failed at the applicant stage when bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, which was hosted in Beijing, China.

8. In Cairo has an extensive road network, rail system, subway system and maritime services.

9. The land on which In Cairo was established in 969 was located underwater just over three hundred years earlier, when Fustat was first built.

10. In Cairo would eventually become a centre of learning, with the library of Cairo containing hundreds of thousands of books.

11. In Cairo has the oldest and largest film and music industries in the Arab world, as well as the world's second-oldest institution of higher learning, Al-Azhar University.