6t o October Ceety
6t o October Ceety is a satellite ceety o Cairo.[1] It wis the caipital o the 6t o October Governorate frae 2008 tae 2011. Population: Aboot 500,000 [2] A new cosmopolitan ceety, it hosts students o mony naitionalities who seek education at its private universities.
It is an aa considered ane o the first generation o new ceeties in Egyp.
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[edit] Establishment
The ceety wis establisht in 1979 bi the 504t presidential decree o preses Anwar El Sadat. It is 17 km frae the great pyramids o Giza an 32 km frae Cairo dountoun.[3] The ceety haes a total aurie o 97.4 thoosan feddans (400 km2) an is expectit tae hae 3.7 million inhabitants.[4] The ceety wis annoonced as the caipital o the 6t o October Governorate in Aprile, 2008.
The ceety's name commemorates Egyp's military success at the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The 6t o October is an aa Egyp's Airmed Forces Day.
[edit] Vital headquarters
6t o October Ceety is the heidquarters o The Confederation o African Fitbaa. 6t of October Ceety, an aa hosts Egyp's Smart Village, the technology pairk an regional hub form mony companies in the IT & Financial Sector.
[edit] Business
- Bavarian Auto Manufacturing Company[5] (de)
- Egyptian German Automotive Company (de)
- General Motors Egypt S.A.E.[6] (de)
- Smart Village
- Stream Global Services, Inc
- Suzuki Egypt S.A.E.[7] (de)
- Kishk Real Estate
[edit] Education facilities
There are 7 private universities in 6t o October Ceety, includin twa private medical schools at Misr University for Science an Technology an October 6 University.
[edit] Leet o universities
- Modern Sciences and Arts University
- October 6 University
- Ahram Canadian University
- Misr University for Science and Technology
- Nile University
- Akhbar El Youm Academy
- Higher Institute of Applied Arts
- Higher Institute of Science and Technology
- The Higher Institute of Engineering
- The Higher Technological Institute
- Cairo University in El-Sheikh Zayed
- higher institute for architecture
[edit] Health services
The ceety haes several teachin, public, an private hospitals as well as mony smawer clinics.
[edit] Leet o hospitals
- MUST Hospital
- Six October University Teaching Hospital (SOUTH) Hospital
- Dar El Fouad Hospital (1st accreditit cardiac hospital in Africae an the Middle East)
- Shiekh Zayed Specialized Hospital
- Shiekh Zayed Central Hospital
- Al Safwa Hospital
- Al Zohor Hospital
[edit] Clubs
Shooting Club an Wadi degla club opened their branches in the ceety, Clubs like Ahly an Zamalek or set tae be constructit in the future. An aa, Egyp's maist acclaimed an elitest Gezira Club is an aa in the construction stages o its 6 October premises.
The ceety haes an airport, railway station an an extensive industrial pairk.
[edit] References
- ↑ "To Catch Cairo Overflow, 2 Megacities Rise in Sand" article by Thanassis Cambanis in The New York Times August 24, 2010, accessed August 25, 2010
- ↑ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=102891
- ↑ City Arrival. New Urban Communities Authority. Retrieved on 28 November 2008. .
- ↑ Land Use. New Urban Communities Authority. Retrieved on 28 November 2008. .
- ↑ http://www.bag-eg.com/ContactUs.aspx
- ↑ http://www.gmegypt.com/content_data/LAAM/ME/en/GBPME/999/EG/index.html?cntryCd=EG&referrer=&pdcmp=
- ↑ http://www.seoudi.com/
[edit] Freemit airtins
- http://www.kishkrealestate.com
- http://www.o6u.edu.eg/university
- http://www.msa.eun.eg
- http://www.must.edu.eg
