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Detailed explanation-1: -Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt. The city’s metropolitan area is the largest in the Middle East and the Arab world, and 15th-largest in the world, and is associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area.

Detailed explanation-2: -Founded around 3100 BCE, Memphis was the first capital of the unified kingdom of Upper and Lower Egypts. It was abandoned in the 7th century CE but remains an important archaeological site.

Detailed explanation-3: -Al-Askar: (750 – 868 AD) Al-Qata’i: (868 – 905 AD) Fustat: (905 – 972 AD) Cairo: the current capital since 972 AD.

Detailed explanation-4: -The New Administrative Capital (NAC) (Arabic: , romanized: al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Gadīda) is a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of Cairo City. It is planned to be Egypt’s new capital and has been under construction since 2015.