In its larger definition, the area includes all cities in the Cairo Governorate (Cairo,New Cairo,Badr,Shorouk,15th of May, andThe New Capital) as well as the main cities of the Giza Governorate (Giza,6th of October,Sheikh Zayed, and New Sphinx) and Shubra El Kheima andObour in the Qalyubia Governorate.[5] According to an estimate based onUnited Nations projections, the area had a population of 22,183,000 in 2023.[2] In 2012, when the area's population was estimated at 20.5 million, the population density within Cairo Governorate was estimated at 45,000 per square kilometer (111,700 per square mile).[13]
The Greater Cairo Area and its surrounding region is classified ashot desert climate (BWh) inKöppen-Geiger classification, as all ofEgypt. 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 experience theurban heat island effect, which makes them more prone to havesoft hail.
^Cairo Metropolitan is enlarged to cover all the area within the Governorate limits. Government statistics consider that the whole governorate is urban and the whole governorate is treated like as the metropolitan-city of Cairo. Governorate Cairo is considered a city-proper and functions as a municipality. The city of Alexandria is on the same principle as the city of Cairo, being a governorate-city. Because of this, it is difficult to divide Cairo into urban, rural, subdivisions, or to eliminate certain parts of the metropolitan administrative territory on various theme (unofficial statistics and data).
^Helwan, a district in southern Cairo, was briefly made a separate city in a new governorate in 2008.[16] It was re-absorbed into the borders of Cairo when this act was repealed in 2011.[17])
^Leila, Reem (24–30 April 2008)."Redrawing the Map". No. 894. al-Ahram Weekly. Archived fromthe original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved12 September 2009.
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