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Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza, also called Khufu's Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu, and Pyramid of Cheops, is the oldest and largest of the three Egyptian pyramidss in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo , Egypt, and is the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World....
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For the three pyramids of Giza, visit the Giza pyramid complex
Giza pyramid complex

The Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments is located some 8 km inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km southwest of Cairo city centre....
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Giza or Gizah (transliterated

Arabic transliteration

Different approaches and methods for the romanization of Arabic language exist. They vary in the way that they address the inherent problems of rendering written and spoken Arabic in the Latin alphabet; they also use different symbols for Arabic phonemes that do not exist in English language or other European languages....
el-Gizah) is a town in Egypt

Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
on the west bank of the Nile

Nile

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the List of rivers by length in the world.The Nile has two major tributary, the White Nile and Blue Nile, the latter being the source of most of the Nile's water and silt, but the former being the longer of the two....
river, some 20 km southwest of central Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....
and now part of the greater Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....
metropolis.

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"Gizeh" redirects here. Gizeh is also a popular brand in Germany of cigarette rolling papers; see Mascotte (rolling papers).

Giza or Gizah (transliterated

Arabic transliteration

Egypt

Nile

Cairo

Al Jizah Governorate

Giza Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt of Egypt. It is in the center of the country. Its capital is the city of Giza....
, and is located near the northeast border of this governorate in coordinates. It is located right on the banks of the Nile River. The city's population was 2,681,863 in the 2006 national census, while the governate had 6,272,571 at the same census. Its large population makes it the 2nd largest suburb in the world, tied with Incheon

Incheon

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, Korea and Quezon City

Quezon City

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, Philippines, second only to Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
, Japan.

Giza is most famous as the location of the Giza Plateau: the site of some of the most impressive ancient monuments in the world, including a complex of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
ian royal mortuary and sacred structures, including the Great Sphinx, the Great Pyramid of Giza

Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza, also called Khufu's Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu, and Pyramid of Cheops, is the oldest and largest of the three Egyptian pyramidss in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo , Egypt, and is the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World....
, and a number of other large pyramid

Pyramid

A pyramid is a building where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point. The base of pyramids are usually quadrilateral or trilateral , meaning that a pyramid usually has four or five faces....
s and temple

Temple

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The Great Pyramid of Giza at one time was advocated (1884) as the location for the Prime Meridian

Prime Meridian

The Prime Meridian is the meridian at which longitude is defined to be 0?.The Prime Meridian and the opposite 180th meridian , which the International Date Line generally follows, form a great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemispheres....
, a reference point used for determining a base longitude.

History

Giza's most famous archaeological site, the Giza Plateau, holds some of the most astonishing monuments in Egyptian history

History of Egypt

The history of Egypt is the longest continuous history, as a unified state, of any country in the world. The Nile valley forms a natural geographic and economic unit, bounded to the east and west by deserts, to the north by the sea and to the south by the Cataracts of the Nile....
. Once thriving with the Nile

Nile

Memphis, Egypt

Memphis was the ancient capital of the first Nome of Lower Egypt, and of the Old Kingdom of Egypt from its foundation until around 2200 BC and later for shorter periods during the New Kingdom, and an administrative centre throughout ancient history....
, which was near modern day Cairo

Cairo

Djet

Djet, also known as Wadj, Zet, and Uadji , was the third Egypt pharaoh of the First dynasty of Egypt. Djet's Horus name means "Horus Cobra."...
of the First dynasty

First dynasty of Egypt

The first dynasty of Ancient Egypt is often combined with the Second dynasty of Egypt under the group title, Early Dynastic Period of Egypt. At that time the capital was Thinis....
, as well as that of Pharaoh Ninetjer of the Second dynasty

Second dynasty of Egypt

The Second Dynasty of ancient Egypt is often combined with the First dynasty of Egypt under the group title, Early Dynastic Period of Egypt. The capital at that time was Thinis....
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The city itself has seen some changes over time. Changes in infrastructure

Infrastructure

Infrastructure can be defined as the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise , or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function....
during the different occupations of Egypt

Egypt

Great Britain

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in the 18th and early 20th century, focused on the construction of roads, streets

Streets

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, and buildings in the area. It is commonly misunderstood that the Giza area is a complete desert

Désert

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area; however, Giza has become a thriving centre of Egyptian culture

Culture of Egypt

Language The [acient egytian artist were not trewted wit hresectThe "Koin?" dialect of the Greek language was important in Hellenistic Alexandria, and was used in the philosophy and science of that culture, and was later studied by Arabic scholars....
and is quite heavily populated,many facilities and buildings in the current area. Giza saw much attention in particular to its vast amount of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
ian monuments found on the Giza Plateau, and has astonished thousands of visitors and tourists over the years. Giza's infrastructure saw much attention from both the British government prior to the 1952 coup d'etat

Coup d'état

A coup d??tat , often simply called a coup, is the sudden unconstitutional overthrow of a government by a part of the state establishment – usually the military – to replace the branch of the stricken government, either with another civil government or with a military government....
, as well as the current Egypt

Egypt

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
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Parts of Giza include el Haram, famous for its night clubs and El Mohandeseen, predominantly populated by middle class Egyptians

Egyptians

Egyptians is the name of the nationality and Mediterranean North African ethnic group native to Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to the Geography of Egypt, dominated by the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the Cataracts of the Nile to the Mediterranean Sea and enclosed by desert both to the Easte...
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Economy

Industries here include movies, chemicals, machinery and cigarettes. In addition, Giza has many luxury apartment buildings along the Nile, making it a popular place to live.

International access

Access to the city of Giza, which has its own Governorate

Governorate

A Governorate is an administrative division of a country. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or colonies, the term governorate is sometimes used in translation from non-English-speaking administrations....
adjacent to the governorate of Cairo

Cairo

Cairo International Airport

Cairo International Airport is the busiest airport in Egypt and the primary hub for Star Alliance member EgyptAir. The airport is located to the north-east of the city around 15km from the business area of the city....
. another local airport is found in Giza, called Imbaba Airport, but recently the Egyptian government decided to close the area, and turn it into a cultural, or an athletic area.

Education

Giza's learning institutions include the University of Cairo (moved here in 1924) and the Academy of the Arabic Language

Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo

The Academy of the Arabic Language is an academy in Cairo founded in 1934 in order to develop and regulate the Arabic language in Egypt....
(established 1932).

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, Stockholm
Stockholm

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, Sweden
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Giza on Wikitravel

Giza

History

Economy

International access

Education

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Twinnings
List of twin towns and sister cities

This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" ? that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements....