Gamal Abdel Nasser's only funeral was in the capital of Iran.
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. capital. List of historical capitals of Egypt. largest city. list of cities in Egypt. Egypt. Egypt. The city 's metropolitan area is the largest in the Middle East and the Arab world , and 15th-largest in the world , and is associated with ancient Egypt , as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area .. Egypt. Egypt. metropolitan area. Greater Cairo. largest in the Middle East. largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East. Arab world. Arab world. 15th-largest. List of metropolitan areas by population. ancient Egypt. ancient Egypt. Giza pyramid complex. Giza pyramid complex. Memphis. Memphis, Egypt. Middle East. Middle East. Located near the Nile Delta , modern Cairo was founded in 969 CE by Jawhar of the Fatimid dynasty , but the land composing the present-day city was the site of ancient national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. Nile Delta. Nile Delta. Jawhar. Jawhar. Fatimid dynasty. Fatimids. Old Cairo. Old Cairo. Cairo has long been a center of the region 's political and cultural life , and is titled `` the city of a thousand minarets '' for its preponderance of Islamic architecture .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. Islamic architecture. Islamic architecture. Cairo is considered a World City with a `` Beta + '' classification according to GaWC .. City. City. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. World City. Global city. GaWC. Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Cairo has the oldest and largest film and music industries in the Arab world , as well as the world 's second-oldest institution of higher learning , Al-Azhar University .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. Arab world. Arab world. Al-Azhar University. Al-Azhar University. Many international media , businesses , and organizations have regional headquarters in the city ; the Arab League has had its headquarters in Cairo for most of its existence .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. Arab League. Arab League. With a population of 6.76 million spread over 453 km2 , Cairo is by far the largest city in Egypt .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. largest city. list of cities in Egypt. Egypt. Egypt. An additional 9.5 million inhabitants live in close proximity to the city .. Cairo , like many other mega-cities , suffers from high levels of pollution and traffic .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. mega-cities. mega-cities. Cairo 's metro , one of only two in Africa -LRB- the other is in Algiers , Algeria -RRB- , ranks among the fifteen busiest in the world , with over 1 billion annual passenger rides .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. Algiers. Algiers Metro. The economy of Cairo was ranked first in the Middle East in 2005 , and 43rd globally on Foreign Policy 2010 Global Cities Index .. Cairo. Cairo Governorate. Middle East. Middle East. Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy. Global Cities Index. global city