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6th of October City

6th of October is a city in the Giza Governorate, Egypt.

6th of October City
6th of October City · Faris El-Gwely (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

6th of October is a city in the Giza Governorate, Egypt. It is a satellite city, located adjacent to Giza, and is part of the Greater Cairo region. The city served as the capital of the now-defunct 6th of October Governorate, which was dissolved in 2011. Established as a new city in the desert, 6th of October hosts several local and international educational facilities.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around 6th of October City

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Misr University for Science and Technology

    Misr University for Science and Technology is a private university in 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt.

    1.5 km · University in Egypt · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    October 6 University

    October 6 University is a private university located in Giza, 6th of October City, Egypt. It was established by the Republican Decree no.

    1.9 km · first private university in Egypt · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    6th of October Sports Hall

    The Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall is a multi-purpose arena in 6th of October City, Cairo, Egypt.

    5.8 km · multi-purpose arena in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ahram Canadian University

    Al-Ahram Canadian University is a private non-profit university in 6th of October City, Egypt. It was established by the Al-Ahram newspaper in 2005.

    9.7 km · university in Egypt · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    MSA University

    October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, known simply as MSA University, is a prominent private university located in Giza, Egypt. It was founded in 1996 by Dr.

    3.1 km · university in Egypt · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Mall of Egypt

    Mall of Egypt is a shopping mall in 6th of October, Giza Governorate, Egypt, about 32 km west of central Cairo. It is the first shopping destination of its kind in Egypt.

    5 km · shopping mall in Egypt · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Dream Park

    Dream Park is an amusement park located on Oasis Road, in 6th of October City in the Giza Governorate, 8 km from the Pyramids of Giza. With an area of 150 acres, it's one of the largest amusement parks in the Middle East.

    9.2 km · amusement park in Egypt · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Mall of Arabia

    The Mall of Arabia Cairo is a shopping mall in 6th of October City in the western part of the Cairo metropolitan area in Egypt. It opened in 2010.

    2.7 km · shopping center in the northeast of the 6th of October City, Egypt · Wikipedia

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Getting to 6th of October City

Airports
Sphinx (SPX), 15 km · Cairo (CAI), 44 km · Alexandria (HBE), 161 km
  • Cairo → 6th of October City
    33 km · quickest by road, 49 min · E£55–75
  • Alexandria → 6th of October City
    188 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · E£315–420
  • Port Said → 6th of October City
    201 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · E£315–425
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for 6th of October City. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    382 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    432 km
  3. 03
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    435 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    697 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    937 km

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Around it

Next door to 6th of October City

6th of October City is 23 km from Giza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.