Cairo
1,680 km²
Zagazig region
136 km²
City Map Compare/Cairo vs Zagazig regionvs
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Cairo covers 1,680 km² of contiguous built-up land, 12× the built-up area of Zagazig region (136 km²).
| Cairo | Zagazig region | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Cairo | Zagazig region |
| Population (2025) | 25.2 million | 1.30 million |
| Built-up area | 1,680 km² | 136 km² |
| Density | 15,018 /km² | 9,530 /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.
“Region” marks urban areas that join many towns and dense rural settlement into one built-up area; they are named after their main town.