Giza
Giza
الجيزة | |
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Pyramids of Giza, Cairo University, Great Sphinx of Giza , aerial view of Pyramids | |
UTC+2 (EST) | |
Postal code | 5-Digit |
Area code | (+20) 2 |
Website | Giza.gov.eg |
Giza (
Giza is most famous as the location of the
Districts and population
The city of Giza is the capital of the Giza Governorate, and is located near the northeast border of this governorate.
2017 Population and administrative divisions
Giza city is a municipal division and capital of Giza governorate with an appointed city head.[5] It comprises nine districts (ahya', singl. hayy) and five new towns (mudun jadidah) administered by the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA).
The districts/qisms fully subsume to the city head and according to the 2017 census had 4,872,448 residents:[4][6]
District/qism | Code 2017 | Population |
---|---|---|
Shamal (North)/ Imbâba | 210100 | 632,599 |
Agouza, al- | 210200 | 278,479 |
Duqqî, al- | 210300 | 70,926 |
Janoub (South)/ Jîza, al- | 210400 | 285,723 |
Bûlâq al-Dakrûr | 210500 | 960,031 |
`Umrâniyya, al- | 210600 | 366,066 |
Ṭâlbiyya, al- | 210700 | 457,667 |
Ahrâm, al- | 210800 | 659,305 |
Warrâq, al- | 211700 | 722,083 |
Shaykh Zâyid, al (new city)[7] | 211900 | 90,699 |
6 October 1 (new city)[8] | 212000 | 93,012 |
6 October 2 (new city) | 212100 | 196,373 |
6 October 3 (new city) | 212300 | 59,485 |
The new towns are mostly administered by the national level New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), with some public services under the jurisdiction of Giza. They are confusingly named madina (city), however they are not administratively incorporated as such where many are formed of a single district or qism. Ones not in the 2017 census as they were not yet incorporated, or inhabited at that time are:
Permanently inhabited Nile islands:
- Qorsaya Island (Janoub/Giza district)
- Dahab Island (Janoub/Giza district)
- Al-Warraq Island (Al-Warraq district)
2006 population
The city's population was reported as 2,681,863 in the 2006 national census,[12][13] while the governorate had 6,272,571 at the same census, without specifying what the city is. The former figure corresponds to the sum of nine districts/qisms.
Region | (Population) | Area km2 |
---|---|---|
2006 | ||
Giza, 9 kisms (contiguous) | 2,681,863 | 98.4 |
Giza, 10 kisms (not contiguous) | 2,822,271 | 115.7 |
Giza, 10 kisms + Giza markaz (contiguous) | 3,063,777 | 187 |
Giza, 10 kisms + Giza, Kerdasa, Ossim markaz (contiguous) | – | 338.9 |
Geography and history
Giza's most famous landform and archaeological site, the
Climate
Giza experiences a
Up to August 2013, the highest recorded temperature was 46 °C (115 °F) on 13 June 1965, while the lowest recorded temperature was 2 °C (36 °F) on 8 January 1966.[15]
Climate data for Giza | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
30 (86) |
36 (97) |
41 (106) |
43 (109) |
46 (115) |
41 (106) |
43 (109) |
39 (102) |
40 (104) |
36 (97) |
30 (86) |
46 (115) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
21.2 (70.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | 2 (36) |
4 (39) |
5 (41) |
8 (46) |
11 (52) |
16 (61) |
17 (63) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
11 (52) |
4 (39) |
4 (39) |
2 (36) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 (0.1) |
4 (0.2) |
17 (0.7) |
Source 1: Climate-Data.org[16] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Voodoo Skies[15] for record temperatures |
History
Ancient era
The area in what is now Giza served as the necropolis of several
Classical to medieval era
As ancient Egypt passed under several conquests under the Persians, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines, so did the area in what is now Giza. A Byzantine village named Phylake (Greek: Φυλακή) or Terso (Coptic: ϯⲣⲥⲱ, meaning "the fortress", now Tersa) was located south of Giza and should not be confused with it.[17][18][19]
As
Infrastructure
Giza has seen many changes over time. Changes in infrastructure during the different occupations of
The city hosts the first zoo on the entire African continent and one of the oldest in the
Transportation
Transportation in Giza comprises an extensive road network, rail system, subway system, and maritime services. Road transport is facilitated by personal vehicles, taxi cabs, privately owned public buses and microbuses.
Giza shares with Cairo
There are other means of transport, like:
- Cairo Taxi
- Uber (Available in Cairo and Giza since 2015)[26]
- Careem (Available in Cairo and Giza since 2015)[27]
- Swvl (Available in Cairo and Giza since 2017) (A new concept of shared rides within Egypt).
- Water Taxis (Motorized Feluccas) available for transport to nearby places along the Nile River
Economy
Industries here include movies,
International access
Access to the city of Giza, which has its own
Sphinx International Airport was opened in 2018 as an alternative to the already congested Cairo International Airport, but also to improve accessibility to the Giza necropolis as well as to the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Education
Giza's learning institutions include
The Cairo Japanese School, a Japanese international school, is in Giza.[28] The Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule, a German international school, is located in Dokki in Giza.[29] Previously the Pakistan International School of Cairo had its campus in Giza.[30]
Sports
The city hosts the second most successful sports club in Egypt and Africa,
Twin towns and sister cities
Giza is twinned with:
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bergen, Norway
- Los Angeles, United States
- Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden
Notable people
- Amr Abou El Seoud (born 1968), bank CEO
See also
- Giza church fire
- List of cities and towns in Egypt
- List of ancient Egyptian sites
- List of megalithic sites
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Further reading
- Der Manuelian, Peter. 2017. Digital Giza: Visualizing the Pyramids. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Hawass, Zahi A. 2010. Wonders of the Pyramids: The Sound and Light of Giza. Cairo: Misr Company for Sound, Light, & Cinema.
- --. 2011. Newly-Discovered Statues From Giza, 1990–2009. Cairo: Ministry of State for Antiquities.
- Magli, G. 2016. "The Giza 'written' landscape and the double project of King Khufu." Time & Mind-the Journal of Archaeology Consciousness and Culture 9, no.1: 57–74.
- Khattab, Hind A. S., Nabil Younis, and Huda Zurayk. 1999. Women, Reproduction, and Health In Rural Egypt: The Giza Study. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press.
- Kormysheva, Ė. E., Svetlana Malykh, and Sergey Vetokhov. 2010. Giza, Eastern Necropolis: Russian Archaeological Mission In Giza. Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
- Lawton, Ian, and Chris Ogilvie-Herald. 2000. Giza: The Truth: the People, Politics and History Behind the World's Most Famous Archaeological Site. Rev. ed. London: Virgin.
- Lehner, Mark, and Zahi A. Hawass. 2017. Giza and the Pyramids: The Definitive History. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.