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Cairo Travel Guide

Cairo means "The Vanquisher" or "The Triumphant". It is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into two branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.

About Cairo

Cairo covers an area of 82.6 sq. miles (214 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 8 million people being the capital city of Egypt, the largest city in Egypt and Africa's most populous city. Cairo is the sixteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world.

Archive for the ‘Museums’ Category

Police Museum at the Citadel

This quirky museum features rooms devoted to Egypt’s most sensational murders and assassinations (although strangely Sadats is overlooked). It also showcases the 40 cells in which political prisoners were detained and tortured during the 50s and 60s. Some of the displays are bizarre to say the least, but there are many (like photos of battles against colonial forces) that will stir patriotic tendencies among Egyptian visitors.



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