Etholakala osebeni loMfula iNayile enyakatho neGibhithe, iCairo ingesinye sezikhulu ezinkulu zomhlaba. Eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Al-Qahirah, okusho ukuthi "Ukunqoba" ngesi-Arabhu, yayiyinqaba yamakhosi amaningi asendulo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Idolobha lama-minaret ayizinkulungwane lasungulwa ngekhulu le-10 AD elabuswa ngoFaro, amakhalipha, amaRoma, amaKhedives aseTurkey, amakoloni aseBrithani kanye namakoloni aseFrance, ngakho-ke idolobha linomlando ocebile nentelezi yabasebukhosini.
Ngobuhle bayo obubabazekayo, izindawo ezihehayo, ubukhazikhazi bobukhosi nokuhlobisa kwanamuhla, ingenye yezindawo ezivakashelwa kakhulu e-Egypt. Futhi phakathi kwamaqiniso amnandi futhi amnandi ngeCairo esinakho:
• ICairo ihlanganisa indawo engama-453 ft km futhi inabantu abayizigidi ezi-2,5.
• Eyasungulwa ngo-969, iCairo yayizosebenza njengenhlangano yasebukhosini yamakhaliph aseFatimid.
• ICairo ibizwa ngegama elithi "idolobha lama-minaret ayinkulungwane" ngobuciko bayo obukhulu bamaSulumane.
• IPhiramidi Elikhulu, elakhiwe ngamabhulokhi e-limestone acishe abe yizigidi ezimbili, alilinganiswa futhi lidala kunawo wonke amaphiramidi aseGibhithe.
• Kuthathe cishe iminyaka engama-20 ukwakha iPhiramidi Elikhulu eCairo.
• Isinagoge likaBen Ezra eCairo yisinagoge elidala kunawo wonke eGibhithe.
• I-Al-Azhar University eCairo iyunivesithi endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni, futhi iyisihlalo esikhulu seSunni Islam.
• IMosque neMadrasa yekhulu le-14 likaSultan Hassan eCairo ingenye engenakuqhathaniswa emhlabeni wonke.
• ICairo, inhlokodolobha emlandweni wayo weminyaka engama-6000 yabuswa ngoFaro, amaCaliph, amaKhedives aseTurkey, amakholoni aseFrance, amaBrithani kanye namaRoma.
• UMnyuziyamu waseGibhithe eCairo awunakuqhathaniswa nokuqoqwa kwawo kwezinto zakudala zaseGibhithe emhlabeni.
• Iminyaka esemthethweni yokuphuza eCairo yiminyaka engama-21.
• ICairo yahlaselwa yisifo ngaphezulu kwezikhathi ezingamashumi amahlanu phakathi kuka-1349 no-1517.
• Isidlo saseGibhithe senziwa iMezza, esifana nezipikha. Futhi kufaka phakathi i-hummus, amaqabunga amagilebhisi agxishiwe, i-ta'miyya, i-felafel, ubhontshisi nezinye izinto ezikhanyayo. Ama-dessert aseGibhithe iBassboosa, umm ali njalonjalo.