Ime elunxwemeni loMlambo umNayile kumantla e-Egypt, iCairo yenye yezona ndawo zibalulekileyo zehlabathi. Eyaziwa ngokuba yiAl-Qahirah, okuthetha ukuba "uloyiso" ngesiArabhu, yayiyinqaba yamakhosi amaninzi amandulo ngokuhamba kwexesha.
Isixeko sewaka leeminaret sasekwa kwinkulungwane ye-10 ye-AD eyayilawulwa ngoofaro, amakhalifa, amaRoma, izindlu zedolophu zaseTurkey, iikholoniyali zaseBritane, kunye nabakholoniyali baseFrance, ke isixeko sinembali etyebileyo kunye nomtsalane wobukhosi.
Ngobuhle bayo obubukekayo, iindawo ezinomtsalane, ubuhle basebukhosini kunye nokuhomba kwale mihla, yenye yezona ndawo zityelelwa ngabakhenkethi eYiphutha. Kwaye phakathi kwezinye iinyani ezinomdla nezonwabisayo malunga neCairo esinazo:
• ICairo igubungela ummandla okwi-453 ft km kwaye inabemi abazizigidi ezi-2,5.
• Yasekwa ngonyaka ka-969, iCairo yayiza kusebenza njengendawo yasebukhosini yeenkosi zikaFatimid.
ICairo ibizwa ngokuba "sisixeko sewaka leemina" kulwakhiwo lwayo lobuSilamsi.
IPyramidi eNkulu, eyakhiwe phantse ngeebhloko zeekalika eziyi-2, ayilinganiswa kwaye yeyona indala kuzo zonke iiphiramidi zase-Egypt.
• Kwathatha iminyaka engama-20 ukwakha iPyramidi eNkulu yaseCairo.
• Indlu yesikhungu ka-Ben Ezra e Cairo yeyona ndlu indala yase-Egypt.
• IYunivesithi yaseAl-Azhar eCairo yeyona yunivesithi indala ehlabathini, kwaye ikwangusihlalo ophambili weSunni Islam.
• Inkulungwane ye-14 yeMosque neMadrasa yaseSultan Hassan eCairo yenye yezinto ezingenakuthelekiswa nanto kwihlabathi liphela.
• ICairo, ikomkhulu kwimbali yayo engama-6000 yayilawulwa ngooFaro, iiCaliph, iiKhedives zaseTurkey, amaFrentshi, amaBritane namaKoloniyali aseRoma.
• IMyuziyam yase-Egypt eseCairo ayinakuthelekiswa nengqokelela yayo yakudala yase-Egypt emhlabeni.
Iminyaka yobudala yokusela ngokusemthethweni eCairo yiminyaka engama-21
• ICairo yabethwa sisibetho ngaphezulu kwamaxesha angamashumi amahlanu phakathi kwe-1349 kunye ne-1517.
• Isidlo sase-Egypt senziwe nge-Mezza, efanayo nezibheno. Ikwabandakanya ihummus, amagqabi amagilebhisi agxinyiweyo, ta'miyya, felafel, iimbotyi kunye nezinye izinto ezikhanyayo. Iidessert zase-Egypt iBassboosa, umm ali njalo njalo.