Editing Cairo (section)

====British occupation until 1956====
[[File:Cairo Street 1950's.tif|thumb|Everyday life in Cairo, 1950s]]

British troops remained in the country until 1956. During this time, urban Cairo, spurred by new bridges and transport links, continued to expand to include the upscale neighbourhoods of Garden City, Zamalek, and Heliopolis.{{sfn|Raymond|2000|pp=326–329}} Between 1882 and 1937, the population of Cairo more than tripled—from 347,000 to 1.3 million{{sfn|Raymond|2000|p=319}}—and its area increased from {{cvt|10|to|163|km2|sqmi|0}}.{{sfn|Raymond|2000|p=322}}

The city was devastated during the 1952 riots known as the [[Cairo Fire]] or Black Saturday, which saw the destruction of nearly 700 shops, movie theatres, casinos and hotels in downtown Cairo.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.ahram.org.eg/433/2011/02/04/457/55/Malafat.aspx |script-title=ar:خسائر الحريق |date=12 May 2010 |journal=[[Al-Ahram]] |trans-title=The Fire Damage |language=ar |access-date=4 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512021201/http://www.ahram.org.eg/433/2011/02/04/457/55/Malafat.aspx |archive-date=12 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The British departed Cairo following the [[Egyptian Revolution of 1952]], but the city's rapid growth showed no signs of abating. Seeking to accommodate the increasing population, [[President of Egypt|President]] [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] redeveloped [[Tahrir Square]] and the Nile [[Corniche]], and improved the city's network of bridges and highways.{{sfn|Raymond|2000|p=349}} Meanwhile, additional controls of the Nile fostered development within Gezira Island and along the city's waterfront. The metropolis began to encroach on the fertile [[Nile Delta]], prompting the government to build desert [[satellite town]]s and devise incentives for city-dwellers to move to them.{{sfn|Raymond|2000|pp=343–345}}