Short info
- Twin city since 1979
- Population: 9.5 million (Greater Cairo area up to 25 million)
- State: Egypt
Did you know?
- Quite a hustle and bustle: Cairo is more than 14 times larger than Stuttgart. In Stuttgart, a good 3,000 people live on one square kilometer; in the Egyptian capital, there are five times as many. It is also estimated that more than 4.5 million cars drive through the streets of Cairo.
- The pyramids of Giza are the only remaining ancient wonder of the world. The impressive structures are only 15 kilometers from Cairo.
- The al-Azhar University in Cairo is one of the oldest Islamic universities in the world. Teaching began in 988. Just under 800 years before Stuttgart.
- Students can take the dual master’s program “Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design” at Ain Shams University Cairo and the University of Stuttgart.
- The vibrant metropolis of Cairo counts as a hub between Europe, Africa and the Orient.