Mzinda wodziwika ndi dzina lakuti City of Thousand Minarets, likulu la Aigupto ndilo malo odzaza ndi zolemba zakale, magalimoto osangalatsa, mzikiti zapamwamba komanso zamatabwa zamakono zamakono. Mzinda waukulu wa Cairo ndi wachiwiri ku Africa , ukupereka nyumba kwa anthu oposa 20 miliyoni - nyanja yaumunthu yomwe imapangitsa chisokonezo cha mzindawo komanso kupereka mtima wake.
Odzaza ndi zovuta zotsutsana, zomveka ndi fungo, alendo ambiri amapeza mphamvu za Cairo zovuta; koma kwa iwo omwe ali ndi chisangalalo ndi kuleza mtima kwina, zimakhala ndi zochitika zomwe sitingathe kuzifotokozera paliponse.
Mbiri Yachidule
Ngakhale kuti Cairo ndi likulu lamakono (malinga ndi miyambo ya Aiguputo, mwina) mbiri ya mzindawu ikugwirizana ndi Memphis, mzinda wakale wa Old Kingdom ku Egypt. Tsopano ili pafupi makilomita 30 kummwera kwa mzinda wa Cairo, chiyambi cha Memphis chinayamba zaka zoposa 2,000. Cairo palokha inakhazikitsidwa mu 969 AD kuti idzakhale likulu latsopano la mzera wa Fatimid, potsiriza ndikuphatikizapo mizinda yakale ya Fustat, al-Askar ndi al-Qatta'i. M'zaka za zana la 12, ufumu wa Fatimid unagwa ku Saladin, Sultan wa ku Egypt woyamba.
Kwa zaka mazana angapo zotsatira, ulamuliro wa Cairo unachokera ku Sultan kupita ku Mamluk, kenako Ottomans, French ndi British.
Pambuyo pa kuwonjezeka kwakukulu m'zaka zoyambirira za m'ma 1800, anthu a Cairo adagonjera Britain mu 1952 ndipo adayambiranso kudzilamulira okha. Mchaka cha 2011, Cairo ndiyo yomwe idapangitsa kuti pulezidenti wouluka boma, Hosni Mubarak, adzigwetsere mu February 2011.
Purezidenti wamakono Abdel Fattah al-Sisi adalengeza kuti akukonzekera ndalama zatsopano za ulamuliro ku East Cairo mu 2019.
Cairo oyandikana nawo
Cairo ndi mzinda waukulu womwe malire ake ndi ovuta kufotokozera. Malo ambiri okhala nawo (kuphatikizapo satellite Nasr City ndi malo ake ogulitsa malo odyetsera, ndi maadi a ma ambassade a Maadi) ali kunja kwa mzindawo. Mofananamo, chirichonse kumadzulo kwa Mtsinje wa Nile ndi gawo la mzinda wa Giza, ngakhale kuti madera akumadzulo monga Mohandiseen, Dokki ndi Agouza adakalibe ndi anthu ambiri kuti akhale mbali ya Cairo. Malo akuluakulu oyendera alendo ndi Downtown, Islamic Cairo ndi Coptic Cairo, pomwe malo olemera a Heliopolis ndi chilumba cha Zamalek amadziwika ndi malo awo odyera, mahoteli a usiku ndi opititsa ku upmarket.
Chokhazikitsidwa pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1900 ndi gulu la akatswiri a zomangamanga ku Ulaya, Downtown wachisokonezo ali pafupi ndi nyumba yosungirako zinthu zakale za ku Egypt ndi zolemba zamakono monga Tahrir Square. Islamic Cairo ikuyimira gawo la mzinda womangidwa ndi omwe anayambitsa Fatimid. Ndi njira ya labyrinthine ya mzikiti, souks ndi zipilala zokongola zachisilamu, zonse zomwe zikugwirizana ndi mau a muezzins ambirimbiri omwe amatcha okhulupirika ku pemphero. Mzinda wakale kwambiri ndi Coptic Cairo, malo a Roma okhala ku Babulo.
Kuyambira kumbuyo kwa zaka za m'ma 6 BC BC, ndi yotchuka chifukwa cha zochitika zakale zachikhristu.
Zosangalatsa zapamwamba
Nyumba ya ku Egypt
Zili pafupi ndi Tahrir Square, nyumba yosungirako zinthu zakale za ku Egypt ili ndi zinthu zambiri zokhudzana ndi mbiri ya Aigupto, kuyambira nthawi yakale mpaka ku Aroma. Zambiri mwazimenezi zakhala zikuyambika nthawi ya maharahara, ndipo motero museumamu umayimirira bwino kwambiri kwa aliyense amene akukonzekera kukaona zojambulajambula zakale za ku Igupto. Mfundo zazikuluzikulu zikuphatikizapo kusungidwa kwa nyumba ya museum ya Ufumu wa Ufumu wa New Kingdom ndi chuma chochotsedwa kumanda a mnyamata mfumu Tutankhamun.
Khan Al-Khalili Bazaar
Cairo ndi paradaiso wa shopper, ndipo pali masokisi zana ndi mabasiketi osiyana kuti afufuze. Wotchuka kwambiri mwa awa ndi Khan Al-Khalili, msika wodutsa pamtima wa Islamic Cairo yomwe inayamba zaka za m'ma 1400.
Pano, katundu wochokera ku zokopa alendo ndi zodzikongoletsera za siliva komanso zonunkhira, zimagulitsidwa pakati pa makasitomala a ogulitsa malonda akugulitsa katundu wawo kapena kugulitsa mitengo ndi makasitomala awo. Mukafuna kupumula, yesani phala la shisha kapena kapu ya tiyi pamsika wina wamsika.
Atatumizidwa ndi kachali wa Fatimid m'chaka cha 970 AD, Al-Azhar Msikiti anali woyamba wa mzikiti zambiri za Cairo. Masiku ano, amadziwika ngati malo opembedza ndi maphunziro a Muslim, komanso amadziwika ndi yunivesite yotchedwa Al Azhar University. Otsegulira kwa Asilamu ndi osakhala Asilamu, alendo amatha kuyamikira makonzedwe odabwitsa a bwalo la mabulosi oyera a mzikiti ndi nyumba yake yopempherera. Zambiri mwa zochitika zaposachedwapa zinawonjezeredwa nthawi yochulukirapo, kupereka mwachidule zojambula zojambulajambula zachisilamu kuyambira zaka zambiri.
Pamtima wa Coptic Cairo kuli mpingo wa Hanging. Nyumba yamakono imabwerera ku zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chiwiri, ndipo ndi umodzi wa mipingo yakale kwambiri yachikhristu ku Egypt. Dzina lake limachokera ku malo omwe ali pamtunda wa nyumba ya Roma ya Babulo, yomwe imawoneka ngati imaimitsidwa pakatikati pa mpweya. Mkati mwa tchalitchi ndi zochititsa chidwi kwambiri, ndi zochitika zazikulu kuphatikizapo denga lachinyama (lomwe limafunidwa kuti lifanane ndi Likasa la Nowa), guwa lake la miyala ya marble ndi zojambula zawo zachipembedzo.
Tsiku la Cairo Ulendo
Palibe ulendo wopita ku Cairo ukanatha popanda ulendo wopita ku Pyramids ku Giza, mwinamwake wotchuka kwambiri ku Iguputo konse. Ulendo wamakilomita pafupifupi 20 kumadzulo kwa mzindawu, nyumba ya Pyramid ya Giza ili ndi Pyramid ya Khafre, Pyramid of Menkaure ndi Pyramid ya Khufu. Chomaliza ndi chimodzi mwa Zisanu ndi ziwiri za Zakale Zakale - ndipo zokhazo zomwe zikuyimira lero. Mapiramidi onse atatu amasungidwa ndi Sphinx ndipo amatha pafupifupi zaka 4,500.
Tsiku lina Saqqara, yemwe ndi chipululu cha Memphis. Saqqara imakhalanso ndi mapiramidi angapo, pakati pawo piramidi yotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse ya Djoser. Zomwe zinamangidwa panthawi ya mafumu achitatu (pafupifupi 4,700 zaka zapitazo), piramidi yofanana-kayendedwe kawonedwe kameneka ikuwonedwa kuti ndiyo yowonetsa maonekedwe a mapiramidi omwe anawoneka ku Giza. Pambuyo pokaona malo akale ku Giza ndi Saqqara, ganizirani kupuma mofulumira kwa moyo wa mzinda wa Cairo ndi ulendo wopita ku Nile mumtambo felucca.
Nthawi yoti Mupite
Cairo ndi malo omwe amapita chaka chonse; Komabe, nyengo ya nyengo ya Aigupto imapangitsa nyengo kukhala yabwino kuposa ena. Nthaŵi zambiri, nyengo ya ku Cairo ndi yotentha komanso yamng'onoting'ono, ndipo kutentha kumatentha kwambiri (June mpaka August) kawiri kawiri kuposa 95ºF / 35ºC. Alendo ambiri amasankha kuyenda kuchokera kumapeto kwa masika mpaka kumayambiriro kwa nyengo, pamene kutentha kumazungulira pafupifupi 86ºF / 20ºC. Komabe, oyendetsa bajeti ayenera kudziwa kuti December ndi nyengo yoyendera alendo ku Egypt, ndipo mitengo ya malo okhala ndi maulendo angakwere mofulumira.
Kufika Kumeneko Ndi Kuzungulira
Monga ndege yaikulu yachiŵiri ku Africa, Cairo International Airport (CAI) ndilo malo olowera alendo. Lili pamtunda wa makilomita 20 kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa midzi, ndipo zosankha zonyamulira mumzindawu zikuphatikizapo taxi, mabasi a anthu, London Cabs ndi Uber. Mitundu yambiri imafuna visa kuti ione Igupto. Ena (kuphatikizapo a British, EU, Australia, Canada ndi United States) akhoza kugula imodzi pakubwera pa doko lililonse lolowera.
Mukafika pamzinda wa Cairo, pali magalimoto ambiri omwe mungasankhe, kuphatikizapo taxi, mabasi, mabasi, mabasi. Mwina njira yofulumira kwambiri komanso yotsika mtengo ndi msewu wa Cairo, womwe, ngakhale kuti nthawi zambiri umakhala wambiri, umapindulitsa kwambiri kuthawa mumzindawu. Ntchito zapamtunda monga Uber ndi Careem zimapereka njira zabwino zoyendetsa galimoto.
Kumene Mungakakhale
Monga mzinda wawukulu uliwonse, Cairo ili ndi zinthu zambiri zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito pokonza bajeti ndi kukoma. Malangizo apamwamba mukasankha hotelo yanu ndikuphatikizapo kufufuza ndemanga za alendo apitalo pa malo odalirika monga TripAdvisor; ndi kuchepetsa kufufuza kwanu malinga ndi malo oyandikana nawo. Ngati kukhala pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege ndilo chofunikira, ganizirani imodzi mwa mahotela abwino ku Heliopolis. Ngati kuwona malo ndi cholinga chachikulu cha ulendo wanu, njira yosankhira mabanki kumadzulo kwa girasi ya Giza idzakhala yabwino. M'nkhaniyi , tiyang'ana pa hotelo zina zabwino kwambiri ku Cairo.