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Economy: Transportation

Transportation in Giza includes an extensive road network, rail system, and subway system. The subway system, called the Metro, provides a fast way to travel within Giza and Cairo. There is also an extensive network of roads and bridges connecting Giza to other cities. Other forms of transport include taxis, Uber, Careem, and water taxis on the Nile River. The economy includes industries like movies, chemicals, cotton, machinery and cigarettes. Giza also has luxury apartment buildings along the Nile. International access depends on Cairo International Airport, though a new airport called Sphinx International Airport has opened to improve access to sites in Giza. Giza is also a hub for education, including Cairo University, numerous schools

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Economy: Transportation

Transportation in Giza includes an extensive road network, rail system, and subway system. The subway system, called the Metro, provides a fast way to travel within Giza and Cairo. There is also an extensive network of roads and bridges connecting Giza to other cities. Other forms of transport include taxis, Uber, Careem, and water taxis on the Nile River. The economy includes industries like movies, chemicals, cotton, machinery and cigarettes. Giza also has luxury apartment buildings along the Nile. International access depends on Cairo International Airport, though a new airport called Sphinx International Airport has opened to improve access to sites in Giza. Giza is also a hub for education, including Cairo University, numerous schools

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Transportation[edit]

The Cairo Metro (line 2)


Transportation in Giza comprises an extensive road network, rail system, subway system, and
maritime services. Road transport is facilitated by personal vehicles, taxi cabs, privately owned
public buses and microbuses.

Giza shares with Cairo a subway system, officially called the "Metro (‫")مترو‬, a fast and efficient way of
getting around. An extensive road network connects Giza with 6th of October City, Cairo and other
cities. There are flyovers and bridges such as the 15th. Traffic in Giza is known to be overwhelming
and overcrowded.

There are other means of transport, like:

 Cairo Taxi
 Uber (Available in Cairo and Giza since 2015)[27]
 Careem (Available in Cairo and Giza since 2015)[28]
 Swvl (Available in Cairo and Giza since 2017) (A new concept of shared rides within
Egypt).
 Water Taxis (Motorized Feluccas) available for transport to nearby places along the Nile
River

Economy[edit]

Grass farm near the Nile.


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Industries here include movies, chemicals, Giza cotton, machinery and cigarettes. In addition, Giza
has many luxury apartment buildings along the Nile, making it a popular place to live.
International access[edit]
Access to the city of Giza, which has its own governorate adjacent to the Governorate of Cairo, is
dependent on the Cairo International Airport. Another local airport is found in Giza, called
the Imbaba Airport, but recently the Egyptian government has decided to shut down the area and
turn it into a cultural or an athletic area.

Sphinx International Airport was opened in 2018 as an alternative to the already congested Cairo
International Airport, but also to improve accessibility to the Giza necropolis as well as to the Grand
Egyptian Museum.

Education[edit]

Cairo University
Giza's learning institutions include Cairo University, which was moved to Giza in 1924. The city is a
hub of education and educational services not only for Egypt but also for the entire Mediterranean
Region. Giza has numerous schools, kindergartens, and institutes of higher learning.

The Cairo Japanese School, a Japanese international school, is in Giza.[29] The Deutsche
Evangelische Oberschule, a German international school, is located in Dokki in Giza.[30] Previously
the Pakistan International School of Cairo had its campus in Giza.[31]

Sports[edit]
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The city hosts the second most successful sports club in Egypt and Africa, El Zamalek, which is
located in the Meet Okba neighbourhood near the Mohandesin neighbourhood. Beside El Zamalek
there are other clubs like El Tersana and Seid Shooting Club which is one of the elite clubs in Egypt.

Twin towns and sister cities[edit]


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Egypt
Giza is twinned with:

 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam


 Bergen, Norway
 Los Angeles, United States
 Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden

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