Kaherah

Kaherah ( ), yang bermaksud "berjaya", ialah ibu negara dan bandar terbesar di Mesir. Ia merupakan Dunia Arab terbesar serta bandar yang paling padat penduduk di Afrika.
Penamaan

Nama bahasa Arab kota yang diserapkan ke dalam nama bahasa Melayunya, () bererti "pemenang" atau "penakluk", ia dipercayai berkaitan dengan kejadian terbitnya Marikh atau gelarannya an-Najm al-Qāhir ( "Bintang Penakluk") semasa kota ini ditubuhkan atau ketibaan Khalifah Fatimiyah Al-Mu'izz dari kotanya di Mahdia di Ifriqiyah (kini di Tunisia) pada 973 M.

Kota lama yang membentuk Kaherah moden dikenal dengan nama bahasa Qibtinya Kahire (), yang berarti "Tempat Matahari", yang mungkin mengacu pada kota kuno Heliopolis, tempat pemujaan dewa matahari Ra . Lokasi kota kuno tersebut adalah pinggiran kota Ain Syams (, "Mata Matahari") yang dahulunya dinamakan Khere-Ohe, "Tempat Pertempuran" yakni tempat dipercayai tapak pertempuran mitos antara dewa-dewa Seth dan Horus.

Orang Mesir sering menyebut nama kota ini sebagai (; ) menekankan pentingnya kota ini bagi negara tersebut.
Sejarah
Geografi
Iklim dan suhu

{{Weather box
|location = Kaherah
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|collapsed = {}
|Jan record high C = 31
|Feb record high C = 34.2
|Mar record high C = 37.9
|Apr record high C = 43.2
|May record high C = 47.8
|Jun record high C = 46.4
|Jul record high C = 42.6
|Aug record high C = 43.4
|Sep record high C = 43.7
|Oct record high C = 41
|Nov record high C = 37.4
|Dec record high C = 30.2
|year record high C = 47.8

|Jan high C = 18.9
|Feb high C = 20.4
|Mar high C = 23.5
|Apr high C = 28.3
|May high C = 32
|Jun high C = 33.9
|Jul high C = 34.7
|Aug high C = 34.2
|Sep high C = 32.6
|Oct high C = 29.2
|Nov high C = 24.8
|Dec high C = 20.3
|year high C = 27.7

|Jan mean C = 14.0
|Feb mean C = 15.1
|Mar mean C = 17.6
|Apr mean C = 21.5
|May mean C = 24.9
|Jun mean C = 27.0
|Jul mean C = 28.4
|Aug mean C = 28.2
|Sep mean C = 26.6
|Oct mean C = 23.3
|Nov mean C = 19.5
|Dec mean C = 15.4
|year mean C = 21.8

|Jan low C = 9
|Feb low C = 9.7
|Mar low C = 11.6
|Apr low C = 14.6
|May low C = 17.7
|Jun low C = 20.1
|Jul low C = 22
|Aug low C = 22.1
|Sep low C = 20.5
|Oct low C = 17.4
|Nov low C = 14.1
|Dec low C = 10.4
|year low C = 15.8

|Jan record low C = 1.2
|Feb record low C = 3.6
|Mar record low C = 5
|Apr record low C = 7.6
|May record low C = 12.3
|Jun record low C = 16
|Jul record low C = 18.2
|Aug record low C = 19
|Sep record low C = 14.5
|Oct record low C = 12.3
|Nov record low C = 5.2
|Dec record low C = 3
|year record low C = 1.2

|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm = 5
|Feb precipitation mm = 3.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 3.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 1.1
|May precipitation mm = 0.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 0.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0
|Sep precipitation mm = 0
|Oct precipitation mm = 0.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 3.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 5.9
|year precipitation mm = 24.7

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 3.5
|Feb precipitation days = 2.7
|Mar precipitation days = 1.9
|Apr precipitation days = 0.9
|May precipitation days = 0.5
|Jun precipitation days = 0.1
|Jul precipitation days = 0
|Aug precipitation days = 0
|Sep precipitation days = 0
|Oct precipitation days = 0.5
|Nov precipitation days = 1.3
|Dec precipitation days = 2.8
|year precipitation days = 14.2

|Jan sun = 213
|Feb sun = 234
|Mar sun = 269
|Apr sun = 291
|May sun = 324
|Jun sun = 357
|Jul sun = 363
|Aug sun = 351
|Sep sun = 311
|Oct sun = 292
|Nov sun = 248
|Dec sun = 198
|year sun = 3451

|Jan humidity = 59
|Feb humidity = 54
|Mar humidity = 53
|Apr humidity = 47
|May humidity = 46
|Jun humidity = 49
|Jul humidity = 58
|Aug humidity = 61
|Sep humidity = 60
|Oct humidity = 60
|Nov humidity = 61
|Dec humidity = 61
|year humidity = 56

| Jan uv =4
| Feb uv =5
| Mar uv =7
| Apr uv =9
| May uv =10
| Jun uv =11.5
| Jul uv =11.5
| Aug uv =11
| Sep uv =9
| Oct uv =7
| Nov uv =5
| Dec uv =3

|source 1 = World Meteorological Organization (UN) (1971–2000), NOAA for mean, record high and low and humidity

|source 2= Danish Meteorological Institute for sunshine (1931–1960),
Weather2Travel (ultraviolet)

}}
Ekonomi

Lihat juga

* Universiti al-Azhar
Catatan
Rujukan
Pautan luar

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