Editing Cairo (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
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|source = Decennial census.<ref>{{cite book |title=Recensement général de l'Égypte, 15 Gamad Akher 1299 / 3 mai 1882 |date=1884 |publisher=Imprimerie Nationale de Boulaq |location=Cairo}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The census of Egypt taken in 1907 |date=1909 |publisher=National Printing Department |location=Cairo |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101690132}}</ref> For Cairo agglomeration:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/cairo-population// |title=Cairo population |access-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709230940/http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/cairo-population/ |archive-date=9 July 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1884|352416
|1907|654476
|1950|2493514
|1960|3680160
|1970|5584507
|1980|7348778
|1990|9892143
|2000|13625565
|2010|16899015
|2019|20484965
}}
According to the 2017 census, Cairo had a population of 9,539,673 people, distributed across 46 [[Local Government in Egypt|qisms]] (police wards):<ref>{{Cite web |last=Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) |date=2017 |title=2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions |url=https://www.cedejcapmas.org/adws/app/4d5b52dc-669d-11e9-b6a6-975656a88994/index.html |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=CEDEJ-CAPMAS |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410043544/https://www.cedejcapmas.org/adws/app/4d5b52dc-669d-11e9-b6a6-975656a88994/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Note01">The interactive census site is the only available digital source (non-pdf) and must be queried as follows: Statistics and analysis > Population > 2017 Data > Gender >Statistical Tables >Total population and population by sex (Choose location).</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Qism
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Code 2017
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Total Population
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Male
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Female
|-
|[[El Tebbin|El Tibbin]]
|010100
|72,040
|36,349
|35,691
|-
|[[Helwan]]
|010200
|521,239
|265,347
|255,892
|-
|Al [[El Masara|Maasara]]
|010300
|270,032
|137,501
|132,531
|-
|[[15th of May (city)|15 May City]]
|010400
|93,574
|49,437
|44,137
|-
|[[Tura, Egypt|Tura]]
|010500
|230,438
|168,152
|62,286
|-
|[[Maadi]]
|010600
|88,575
|43,972
|44,603
|-
|El Basatin
|010700
|495,443
|260,756
|234,687
|-
|Dar El Salam
|010800
|525,638
|273,603
|252,035
|-
|[[Old Cairo|Masr El Qedima]]
|010900
|250,313
|129,582
|120,731
|-
|El Sayeda Zeinab
|011000
|136,278
|68,571
|67,707
|-
|[[Al-Khalifa District|El Khalifa]]
|011100
|105,235
|54,150
|51,085
|-
|[[Mokattam]]
|011200
|224,138
|116,011
|108,127
|-
|[[Manshiyat Naser]]
|011300
|258,372
|133,864
|124,508
|-
|[[Al-Darb al-Ahmar|Al Darb Al Ahmar]]
|011400
|58,489
|30,307
|28,182
|-
|El Muski
|011500
|16,662
|8,216
|8,446
|-
|[[Abdeen Palace|Abdeen]]
|011600
|40,321
|19,352
|20,969
|-
|[[Garden City, Cairo|Garden City]]
|011700
|10,563
|4,951
|5,612
|-
|[[Zamalek]]
|011800
|14,946
|7,396
|7,550
|-
|[[Boulaq|Bulaq]]
|011900
|48,147
|24,105
|24,042
|-
|[[Azbakeya]]
|012000
|19,763
|9,766
|9,997
|-
|[[Bab El Shaariya station|Bab El Shariya]]
|012100
|46,673
|24,261
|22,412
|-
|El Gamaliya
|012200
|36,368
|18,487
|17,881
|-
|[[Al-Wayli and al-Daher, Cairo|Al Daher]]
|012300
|71,870
|35,956
|35,914
|-
|[[Al-Wayli and al-Daher, Cairo|Al Wayli]]
|012400
|79,292
|39,407
|39,885
|-
|[[El Qobbah|Hadayek El Qobbah]]
|012500
|316,072
|161,269
|154,803
|-
|El Sharabiya
|012600
|187,201
|94,942
|92,259
|-
|[[Shubra]]
|012700
|76,695
|38,347
|38,348
|-
|[[Rod El Farag]]
|012800
|145,632
|72,859
|72,773
|-
|[[El Sahel]]
|012900
|316,421
|162,063
|154,358
|-
|El Zawya El Hamra
|013000
|318,170
|162,304
|155,866
|-
|Amairiya
|013100
|152,554
|77,355
|75,199
|-
|[[Zeitoun, Cairo|Zeitoun]]
|013200
|174,176
|87,235
|86,941
|-
|[[El Matareya, Cairo|El Matareya]]
|013300
|602,485
|312,407
|290,078
|-
|[[Ain Shams]]
|013400
|614,391
|315,394
|298,997
|-
|[[El Marg]]
|013500
|798,646
|412,476
|386,170
|-
|El Salam 1
|013600
|480,721
|249,639
|231,082
|-
|El Salam 2
|013700
|153,772
|80,492
|73,280
|-
|[[El Nouzha Airport|El Nozha]]
|013800
|231,241
|117,910
|113,331
|-
|[[Heliopolis, Cairo|Heliopolis]]
|013900
|134,116
|68,327
|65,789
|-
|[[Nasr City|Nasr City 1]]
|014000
|634,818
|332,117
|302,701
|-
|[[Nasr City|Nasr City 2]]
|014100
|72,182
|38,374
|33,808
|-
|[[New Cairo|New Cairo 1]]
|014200
|135,834
|70,765
|65,069
|-
|[[New Cairo|New Cairo 2]]
|014300
|90,668
|46,102
|44,566
|-
|[[New Cairo|New Cairo 3]]
|014400
|70,885
|37,340
|33,545
|-
|[[El Shorouk]]
|014500
|87,285
|45,960
|41,325
|-
|[[Badr, Egypt|Badr City]]
|014600
|31,299
|17,449
|13,850
|}

=== Religion ===
{{See also|Religion in Egypt}}
The majority of Egypt and Cairo's population is Sunni Muslim.<ref name="Britannica-2023">{{Cite web |title=People of Cairo |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cairo/People |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Britannica |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607000400/https://www.britannica.com/place/Cairo/People |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="US Embassy Egypt-2022">{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Egypt |url=https://eg.usembassy.gov/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom-egypt/ |access-date=6 June 2006 |website=U.S. Embassy in Egypt |archive-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524050046/https://eg.usembassy.gov/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom-egypt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A significant Christian minority exists, among whom [[Coptic Orthodox]] are the majority.<ref name="Britannica-2023" /><ref name="US Embassy Egypt-2022" /> Precise numbers for each religious community in Egypt are not available and estimates vary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hackett |first=Conrad |date=16 February 2011 |title=How many Christians are there in Egypt? |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/2011/02/16/how-many-christians-are-there-in-egypt/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US |archive-date=2 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002004401/https://www.pewresearch.org/2011/02/16/how-many-christians-are-there-in-egypt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other churches that have, or had, a presence in modern Cairo include the [[Catholic Church]] (including [[Armenian Catholic Church|Armenian Catholic]], [[Coptic Catholic Church|Coptic Catholic]], [[Chaldean Catholic Church|Chaldean Catholic]], [[Syriac Catholic Church|Syrian Catholic]], and [[Maronite Church|Maronite]]), the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria|Greek Orthodox Church]], the [[Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)]], and some [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meinardus |first=Otto Friedrich August |url=http://archive.org/details/x-christian-egypt-ancient-and-modern |title=Christian Egypt, Ancient and Modern |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |year=1977 |edition=2nd |pages=272–339 |language=en}}</ref> Cairo has been the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Church since the 12th century,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Micheau |first1=Françoise |editor1-last=Angold |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 5: Eastern Christianity |date=2006 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-81113-2 |pages=371–403 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-history-of-christianity/eastern-christianities-eleventh-to-fourteenth-century-copts-melkites-nestorians-and-jacobites/E76D6F90D45A81BC32149E8D24135DBD |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=English |chapter=Eastern Christianities (eleventh to fourteenth century): Copts, Melkites, Nestorians and Jacobites |archive-date=10 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610000445/https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-history-of-christianity/eastern-christianities-eleventh-to-fourteenth-century-copts-melkites-nestorians-and-jacobites/E76D6F90D45A81BC32149E8D24135DBD |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria|seat]] of the [[Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Orthodox Pope]] is located in [[Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-19 |title=50 years on St Mark's, Pope consecrates renovated Cathedral |url=https://en.wataninet.com/coptic-affairs-coptic-affairs/coptic-affairs/50-years-on-st-marks-pope-consecrates-renovated-cathedral/26664/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Watani |language=en-US}}</ref> Until the 20th century, Cairo had a sizeable [[History of the Jews in Egypt|Jewish community]], but as of 2022 only three Jews were reported to be living in the city. A total of 12 [[synagogues in Cairo]] still exist.<ref name="Shawkat-2022">{{Cite web |last=Shawkat |first=Ahmed |date=15 December 2022 |title=How Egypt's last Jews will mark Hanukkah, and make sure their culture doesn't "disappear" with them |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-last-jews-hanukkah-ensuring-culture-doesnt-disappear-with-them/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=CBS News |language=en-US |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606235524/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-last-jews-hanukkah-ensuring-culture-doesnt-disappear-with-them/ |url-status=live }}</ref>