Giza

Government

Giza ( Giza German, even Giza, Arabic الجيزة al - Giza, DMG al - Ǧīza, Egyptian Arabic il - Giza ), with 3.3 million inhabitants, the third largest city in Egypt, and capital of the province al - Giza ( el- Giza ). It forms a Cairo metropolitan area with over 16 million residents.

Giza is located on the west bank of the Nile, about 20 km southwest of downtown Cairo. The settlement area of the two cities goes directly into one another. The city for the Giza plateau with its ancient Egyptian royal tombs, pyramids and temples, including the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza is known.

Economy, education and transport

Industrial and commercial

Most important source of income is tourism through the nearby ancient sites. Gizeh is also a major industrial area. Of importance is the chemical, mechanical and cigarette industry. In addition, the neighborhoods are along the Nile became a popular place of residence for the middle and upper classes of Egypt.

As an automaker factor here is also that of Seoudi Group enterprises belonging to Suzuki Egypt SAE resident with a second plant, which manufactures vehicles the Japanese automaker Suzuki.

Urban Development

Giza has to deal with just like Cairo a disproportionate increase in population. It has long been the wild Slumbildungen watched idly on the edge of town, to the oppression of the ancient pyramids forced a reversal. The desert-like environment around the pyramids is now protected from further colonization, this one has a few miles north reported a more than a hundred square miles large development area with the name " 6th of October City " which offers space when fully occupied for over a million inhabitants.

Traffic

Giza is served by numerous roads and railway lines along the Nile.

Education

Important educational institutions are the University of Cairo, who moved to Giza in 1924, and the Academy of the Arabic Language (founded in 1932).

Pronunciation of the name

Giza is about the debate in Egyptian Arabic again ( s is not available for the German "s" as in out, but for the voiced " s" at the beginning of a syllable, as in the sun); in English pronunciation is as according to Giza reproduced (see pronunciation of the English language ). In the high- Arabic, the word " dsh " in English spelling usually begins with " j" reproduced (hence is sometimes the case Jizah to find).

The "h " at the end of the word is dumb ( it stands for the Ta marbuta ), the final vowel can be pronounced " e" as both " a", " ä" or. The name is how many Arabic names, usually used with the definite article al - ( el- dialect ).

Twin Cities

Since June 27, 1989 Los Angeles in the United States, a twin city of Giza. Other sister cities are Rinkeby in Sweden and Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei.