Sadat City | |
Native Name: | Arabic: مدينة السادات |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Monufia |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1978 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 625 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 79000 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 30.3811°N 30.5266°W |
Area Code: | +2 048 |
Sadat City (Arabic: مدينة السادات pronounced as /essæˈdæːt/) is a city in the Monufia Governorate, Egypt. It is named after late president Anwar Sadat. The city is located northwest of Cairo. It is a first generation new urban community and one of the largest industrial cities in the country.[1]
The city is surrounded by a 350 km2 green belt, which has earned it a place in the top ten list of environmentally friendly industrial cities in the Middle East.
Sadat City has industry in a variety of sectors and in 2017, more land was slated and offered for industrial investment in Sadat.[2]
See also: Climate of Egypt.
Köppen climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh).