District One

Kairo is a district located in east-central Selektra. It is the second most populous district in Selektra, coming up close behind Andrea and beating out Elstaam by only a few thousand people. Kairo is bordered to the north by Mischiko, to the west by Qa'am, the south by District 11 and 10, and the east by Andrea and District 7. It is three of the most populous cities in Selektra: Beyoncica, Jimon, and Elefora. The capital city of Kairo is Beyoncica, which is also the capital of the country.

Kairo was first settled by various Native Selektran villages before being explored by a number of explorers from the eastern nation of Hana throughout the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth century. It was claimed by the Hanese without the knowledge of the natives, resulting in an extremely bloody war between the two. (See: The War of Two Hands.) However, in the end, the Hanese won, and in 1654 Kairo was claimed by the Hanese and began sending colonists en masse to the land. The natives were forced out of their land into other territories and were pushed further and further out to the West until 1704, when the Selektran congress passed the Extrication Act of 1704, and Native Selektrans were deported to the islands of Min, Liska, and Kauska. Later, in 1759, the capital of Selektra was moved to Jimon, and then to present-day Beyoncica in 1788.

Kairo has a slightly diverse geography, with the Pistrose in the south, the Andrea-Kairo Channel in the north, and thick forests in the north-west.

Etymology
The word Kairo was originally the name for the land in which in the Jessros lived. Kairo means "Land of Three Faces" in the Jessro language (Jessro), and is thought to describe the land's diverse geography, with its mountains, sea, and forests.