Sadat City ( ' ) is a
city
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in the
Monufia Governorate
Monufia ( ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Monufia’s name was derived from the hieroglyphic word “Nafr”, which means “The Good Land”. It is located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, to the south of Gharbia ...
,
Egypt
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. It is named after late president
Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until Assassination of Anwar Sadat, his assassination by fundame ...
. The city is located northwest of
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
. It is a first generation
new urban community and one of the largest industrial cities in the country.
The city is surrounded by a 350 km
2 green belt, which has earned it a place in the top ten list of environmentally friendly industrial cities in the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
.
Industry
Sadat City has industry in a variety of sectors and in 2017, more land was slated and offered for industrial investment in Sadat.
Climate
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* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
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classifies its climate as
hot desert
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(BWh).
See also
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Beheira Governorate
Beheira ( ', , "the governorate of the Lake") is a coastal governorates of Egypt, governorate in northern Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, its capital is Damanhur.
Overview
Beheira Governorate enjoys an impo ...
*
6th of October City
6th of October ( ; ) is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. It is a satellite city, located adjacent to Giza, and is part of the Greater Cairo region.
*
New Cairo
New Cairo ( ') is a satellite city within the Cairo governorate of Egypt, and the metropolitan area of Greater Cairo. Administratively, it is officially part of the Eastern Area of Cairo city, but like all new settlements in Egypt, it is di ...
*
New Borg El Arab
New Borg El Arab ( ') is a new Egyptian city of the first generation, located in Alexandria Governorate, and administratively affiliated to the New Urban Communities Authority. It was established by decree of the President of the Arab Republic ...
*
Greater Cairo
The Greater Cairo () is a metropolitan area centered around Cairo, Egypt. It comprises the entirety of the Cairo Governorate, the cities of Imbaba and Giza in the Giza Governorate, and the city Shubra El Kheima in Qalyubia Governorate. Its def ...
References
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Populated places in Monufia Governorate
Planned communities in Egypt
1978 establishments in Egypt
Cities in Egypt
Populated places established in 1978