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Cairo, Missouri. / 39.51111°N 92.44111°W / 39.51111; -92.44111. Cairo is a village in Randolph County, Missouri, United States. The population was 292 at the 2010 census. The pronunciation is Kay-row, unlike the city in Egypt.
Cairo's turbulent history of race relations is marked by the 1909 spectacle lynching of black resident William James. In 1900, Cairo had a population of nearly 13,000. Of that total, approximately 5,000 residents were African-American, or 38 percent. In 1900, this was an unusually high black population for a town of Cairo's size in the North.
New Madrid Seismic Zone. The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) ( / ˈmædrɪd / ), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri .
Missouri statistical areas. Coordinates: 38.3566°N 92.4580°W. An enlargeable map of the 25 core-based statistical areas in Missouri. [1] The U.S. State of Missouri currently has 31 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas ...
New Madrid ( / ˈmædrɪd /) ( Spanish: Nueva Madrid) is a city in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,787 at the 2020 census. New Madrid is the county seat of New Madrid County. [4] The city is located 42 miles (68 km) southwest of Cairo, Illinois, and north of an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky, across the ...
The Cape Girardeau–Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in southeastern Missouri and one in southern Illinois with its core in both states. [1] Its largest cities are the cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson. It was upgraded from a Micropolitan Statistical ...
Sikeston, Missouri. / 36.88306°N 89.58778°W / 36.88306; -89.58778. Sikeston / ˈsaɪkstən / is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the state of Missouri, United States. It is situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it.
With a population of over 10 million [13] spread over 453 km 2 (175 sq mi), Cairo is by far the largest city in Egypt. An additional 9.5 million inhabitants live close to the city. Cairo, like many other megacities, suffers from high levels of pollution and traffic.