Cairo

By Hannah

Where is Cairo?

• Cairo is the capital of Egypt and Egypt is in north east of Africa which is the second largest continent in the world

Cairo

Egypt

Population

• There are roughly 17 million people living in Cairo, and compared to London, our capital city, that is quite a lot of people

• 80 to 90% of Egyptians are Muslim and 10% are Christians

Pyramids

• The pyramid of Djoser (pronounced Zoser) is famously known for its age of 4700 years old

• It was built for Djoser the Pharaoh at the time to be buried in

• It is the earliest large-scale cut stone construction

Pyramid of Djoser

The Nile

• The longest river in the world runs through Cairo it is called the Nile and it is nearly 6700 kilometres long

• Every year the Nile floods leaving the soil around it just right for crops to grow in

Language and money

•   اللغة هي العربية اللغة  القاهرة  في المحكية

• Arabic is the language spoken in Cairo

Language

• The money used in Cairo is the Egyptian pound

• The equivalent of an Egyptian pound is 100 piastres

Money

Zombies

Did you know ?• Ancient Egyptians often put

unpopular people like bankers and estate agents in the tombs with their dead Pharaoh

• Over hundreds of years these people turned into Zombies

• Zombies make a lot of films

Zombie Facts• If a Zombie catches you

they will suck your brains out

• Zombies are rubbish at football and can’t ride bikes

• To trap a Zombie put an old pair of pants under an upturned cardboard box The zombie will curl up and go to sleep under the box