Editing Cairo (section)

=== Metropolitan area and districts ===
{{See also|Greater Cairo|Cairo Governorate}}

[[File:Cairo city administrative boundary and districts En.jpg|thumb|Cairo city administrative boundary and districts in English]]

The city of Cairo forms part of [[Greater Cairo]], the largest metropolitan area in Africa.<ref>R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, [http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures/papers/webpapers/cityfuturespapers/session3_4/3_4whicharethe.pdf "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531212605/http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures/papers/webpapers/cityfuturespapers/session3_4/3_4whicharethe.pdf|date=31 May 2010}}, City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)</ref> While it has no administrative body, the Ministry of Planning considers it as an [[Economic Regions of Egypt|economic region]] consisting of [[Cairo Governorate]], [[Giza Governorate]], and [[Qalyubia Governorate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The strategic urban development master plan study for a sustainable development of the Greater Cairo region in the Arab Republic of Egypt : final report ; Vol. 2. -Main report : strategic urban develo pment master plan |url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/618/618/618_405_11893427.html |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=openjicareport.jica.go.jp |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034243/https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/618/618/618_405_11893427.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As a contiguous metropolitan area, various studies have considered Greater Cairo be composed of the administrative cities that are Cairo, [[Giza]] and [[Shubra El Kheima|Shubra al-Kheima]], in addition to the [[Satellite city|satellite cities]]/[[New Towns|new towns]] surrounding them.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sims |first=David |date=2011 |title=Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control |chapter=A History of Modern Cairo: Three Cities in One |url=https://academic.oup.com/cairo-scholarship-online/book/23147/chapter-abstract/184014364?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=academic.oup.com |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |doi=10.5743/cairo/9789774164040.003.0004 |isbn=978-977-416-404-0 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222015714/https://academic.oup.com/cairo-scholarship-online/book/23147/chapter-abstract/184014364?redirectedFrom=fulltext |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cairo is a city-state where the governor is also the head of the city. Cairo City itself differs from other Egyptian cities in that it has an extra [[Local Government in Egypt|administrative division]] between the city and district levels, and that is areas, which are headed by deputy governors. Cairo consists of 4 areas ''(manatiq, singl. mantiqa)'' divided into 38 districts ''(ahya', singl. hayy)'' and 46 qisms (police wards, 1-2 per district):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Areas |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Regions.aspx?SubmID=141 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=Cairo Governorate |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207130230/http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Regions.aspx?SubmID=141 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The '''Northern Area''' is divided into 8 Districts:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Northern Area |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=14 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.cairo.gov.eg |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034248/http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Shubra]]
* Al-Zawiya al-Hamra
* [[El Qobbah|Hadayek al-Qubba]]
* [[Rod El Farag|Rod al-Farg]]
* Al-Sharabia
* [[El Sahel|Al-Sahel]]
* [[Zeitoun, Cairo|Al-Zeitoun]]
* Al-Amiriyya

[[File:Map of Northern Area, Cairo (En).jpg|thumb|Map of Northern Area, Cairo (En)]]

The '''Eastern Area''' divided into 9 Districts and three new cities:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eastern Area |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=12 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.cairo.gov.eg |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034256/http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=12 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Misr al-Gadidah and Al-Nozha ([[Heliopolis, Cairo|Heliopolis]])
* [[Nasr City]] East and [[Nasr City]] West
* Al-Salam 1 (Awwal) and al-Salam 2 (Than)
* [[Ain Shams]]
* [[El Matareya, Cairo|Al-Matariya]]
* [[El Marg|Al-Marg]]
* [[El Shorouk|Shorouk]] (Under jurisdiction of [[New Urban Communities Authority|NUCA]])
* [[Badr, Egypt|Badr]] (Under jurisdiction of [[New Urban Communities Authority|NUCA]])
* [[New Cairo|Al-Qahira al-Gadida]] (New Cairo, three qisms, under jurisdiction of [[New Urban Communities Authority|NUCA]])

[[File:Map of Eastern Area, Cairo (En).jpg|thumb|Cairo Eastern Area map]]
The '''Western Area''' divided into 9 Districts:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Western Area |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=13 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.cairo.gov.eg |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034256/http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=13 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Manshiyat Naser|Manshiyat Nasser]]
* [[Al Waily|Al-Wayli]] (Incl. qism [[Daher, Egypt|al-Daher]])
* Wasat al-Qahira (Central Cairo, incl. [[Al-Darb al-Ahmar]], [[Al-Mu'izz Street|al-Gamaliyya]] qisms)
* [[Boulaq|Bulaq]]
* Gharb al-Qahira (West Cairo, incl. [[Zamalek]] qism, Qasr al-Nil qism incl. [[Garden City, Cairo|Garden City]] and part of [[Downtown Cairo|Down Town]])
* [[Abdeen Palace|Abdeen]]
* [[Al Azbakiya|Al-Azbakiya]]
* Al-Muski
* Bab al-Sha'aria

[[File:Map of Western Area, Cairo (En).jpg|thumb|Cairo Western Area map]]
The '''Southern Area''' divided into 12 Districts:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Area |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=11 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.cairo.gov.eg |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034303/http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=11 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Masr El-Qadima (Old Cairo, including [[Roda Island|Al-Manial]])
* [[Al-Khalifa District|Al-Khalifa]]
* [[Mokattam|Al-Moqattam]]
* Al-Basatin
* [[Dar El Salam|Dar al-Salam]]
* [[Sayyidah Zainab District]]
* [[El Tebbin]]
* [[Helwan]]
* [[El Masara|Al-Ma'sara]]
* [[Maadi|Al-Maadi]]
* [[Tura, Egypt|Tora]]
* [[15th of May (city)|15th of May]] (Under jurisdiction of [[New Urban Communities Authority|NUCA]])

[[File:Map of Southern Area, Cairo (En).jpg|thumb|Cairo Southern Area map]]

==== Satellite cities ====
{{see also|Greater Cairo}}

Since 1977 a number of [[Planned community|new towns]] have been planned and built by the [[New Urban Communities Authority]] (NUCA) in the [[Eastern Desert]] around Cairo, ostensibly  to accommodate additional population growth and development of the city and stem the development of self-built informal areas, especially over agricultural land. As of 2022 four new towns have been built and have residential populations: [[15th of May (city)|15th of May City]], [[Badr City]], [[El Shorouk City|Shorouk City]], and [[New Cairo]]. In addition, two more are under construction: the [[New Administrative Capital]].<ref name="Ali-2020a"/><ref name="UNECA-2017a">{{Cite book |last=United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTHLDwAAQBAJ&dq=cairo+first+generation+cities&pg=PA150 |title=Economic Report on Africa 2017: Urbanization and Industrialization for Africa's Transformation |publisher=United Nations |year=2017 |isbn=978-92-1-060392-8 |pages=150 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cambanis |first=Thanassis |date=24 August 2010 |title=To Catch Cairo Overflow, 2 Megacities Rise in Sand |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/world/africa/25egypt.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311041220/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/world/africa/25egypt.html |archive-date=11 March 2017}}</ref> And Capital Gardens, where land was allocated in 2021, and which will house most of the civil servants employed in the new capital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Capital Gardens |url=http://www.newcities.gov.eg/know_cities/Capital_Gardens/default.aspx |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=New Urban Communities Authority |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230205031/http://www.newcities.gov.eg/know_cities/Capital_Gardens/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Planned new capital ====
{{main|New Administrative Capital}}

In March 2015, plans were announced for a [[Planned community|new city]] to be built east of Cairo, in an undeveloped area of the Cairo Governorate,<ref name="BBC: new capital2">{{cite news |date=13 March 2015 |title=Egypt unveils plans to build new capital east of Cairo |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-31874886 |url-status=live |access-date=14 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313202550/http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31874886 |archive-date=13 March 2015}}</ref> which would serve as the [[New Administrative Capital]] of Egypt.