Cairo
1,680 km²
El Mahalla El Kubra
70 km²
City Map Compare/Cairo vs El Mahalla El Kubravs
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Cairo covers 1,680 km² of contiguous built-up land, 24× the built-up area of El Mahalla El Kubra (70 km²).
| Cairo | El Mahalla El Kubra | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Cairo | El Mahalla El Kubra |
| Population (2025) | 25.2 million | 1.10 million |
| Built-up area | 1,680 km² | 70 km² |
| Density | 15,018 /km² | 15,749 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.