Cairo is the chief commercial and industrial center of Egypt.
Local industries manufacture cotton textiles, food products, construction supplies, motor vehicles, aircraft, and chemical fertilizers. Iron and steel are produced at Ḩulwān, just outside the city.
Cairo is also a center for government activities and service industries.
Because of the city's warm climate and numerous historical and cultural attractions, tourism plays an important role in its economy.
Cairo receives goods shipped on the Nile at the river port of Būlāq, located at the northern end of the city.
From Cairo, products are sent by road, railroad, and waterway to the Mediterranean ports of Alexandria and Port Said.
The city is connected by train service to other major cities.
Traffic congestion is a growing problem in Cairo.
A subway system opened in the city in 1987.
Cairo is an important center for publishing and other forms of media.
Its newspapers, which include Al Ahram (founded in 1875) and Al Akhbar (1952), exert wide influence within the Islamic world, as does Radio Cairo.
Local industries manufacture cotton textiles, food products, construction supplies, motor vehicles, aircraft, and chemical fertilizers. Iron and steel are produced at Ḩulwān, just outside the city.
Cairo is also a center for government activities and service industries.
Because of the city's warm climate and numerous historical and cultural attractions, tourism plays an important role in its economy.
Cairo receives goods shipped on the Nile at the river port of Būlāq, located at the northern end of the city.
From Cairo, products are sent by road, railroad, and waterway to the Mediterranean ports of Alexandria and Port Said.
The city is connected by train service to other major cities.
Traffic congestion is a growing problem in Cairo.
A subway system opened in the city in 1987.
Cairo is an important center for publishing and other forms of media.
Its newspapers, which include Al Ahram (founded in 1875) and Al Akhbar (1952), exert wide influence within the Islamic world, as does Radio Cairo.
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