6t o October Ceety

6t o October Ceety is a satellite ceety o Cairo."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 It wis the caipital o the 6t o October Govrenorate frae 2008 tae 2011. Population: Aboot 500,000  A new cosmopolitan ceety, it hosts students o mony naitionalities who seek eddication at its private varsities.

It is an aa considered ane o the first generation o new ceeties in Egyp.

 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. The ceety haes a tot aurie o 97.4 thoosan feddans (400 km2) an is expectit tae hae 3.7 million indwallers. 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.

 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.

 Business 
 Bavarian Auto Manufacturing Companyhttp://www.bag-eg.com/ContactUs.aspx (de)
 Egyptian German Automotive Company (de)
 General Motors Egypt S.A.E.http://www.gmegypt.com/content_data/LAAM/ME/en/GBPME/999/EG/index.html?cntryCd=EG&referrer=&pdcmp=  (de)
 Smart Village
 Stream Global Services, Inc
 Suzuki Egypt S.A.E.http://www.seoudi.com/ (de)
 Kishk Real Estate

 Education facilities 
Thare are 7 private varsities in 6t o October Ceety, includin twa private medical schools at Misr University for Science an Technology an October 6 University.

 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 airchitectur

 Health services 
The ceety haes several teachin, public, an private hospitals as well as mony smawer clinics.

 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

 Clubs 
Shooting Club an Wadi degla club opened thair branches in the ceety, Clubs lik 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, railwey station an an extensive industrial pairk.

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 http://www.kishkrealestate.com
 http://www.o6u.edu.eg/university
 http://www.msa.eun.eg 
 http://www.must.edu.eg 


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