| Data | Scale/resolution | Date Acquired | Data Source | Derivatives | |
| 1 | Landsat TM, ETM+ (multi-temporal images) | 30 m | 1984,1990, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2013 | Global Land-cover Facility, GLCF imagery, University of Maryland. | Land-use/land-cover and Built-up areas |
| 2 | Roads and railways (shape file) | 1:50,000 | 2012 | General Organization of Physical Planning | Roads, railways |
| 3 | Administrative boundaries (Kism) (shape file) | 1:50,000 | 2012 | General Organization of Physical Planning | Cairo wards (Kism) |
| 4 | Population counts (tables) | - | 1986, 1996, 2006 | Central Agency for Population Mobilization and Statistics | Cairo Wards Population |