Cairo Governorate
Map of Cairo Governorate
015 km (9.3 mi)30 km (19 mi)45 km (28 mi)60 km (37 mi)
Height
3 m (10 ft), 25 m (82 ft), 60 m (197 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 200 m (656 ft), 300 m (984 ft), 400 m (1310 ft), 500 m (1640 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), Max altitude 625 m (2050 ft)Height from west to east in Cairo Governorate
Height from south to north in Cairo Governorate
1Ismailiya Canal14 to 28 m2Nile13 to 21 m3Wādī al Furn125 to 351 m
Natural Earth · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Heights: NASADEM, NASA · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Cairo, capital city of Egypt
Population: 9,539,673 (Wikidata, 2017)
Area: 3,085 km² / 1,191 sq mi
Created: 969
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Jabal Sadd an Na‘ām (625 m)
Lowest point: Baḩr al Lubaynī (3 m)
Borders
- Giza Governorate — Southwest
- Suez Governorate — Southeast
- Sharqia Governorate — North
- Qalyubia Governorate — Northwest
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+02:00