Sadat City

30.3811°N 30.5266°E / 30.3811; 30.5266

Sadat City مدينة السادات
City
Images from top, left to right: Anwar Sadat Satue, Abd El-Aziz Ezz Mosque, Virgin Mary Church, Twelfth residential area, The Unknown Soldier Memorial, Sadat City Gate
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Location in Monufia Governorate
Sadat City Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30.3811°N 30.5266°E / 30.3811; 30.5266
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Monufia
Established	1978
Area
• Total	241 sq mi (625 km^2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	79,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
Area code	+2 048

Sadat City (Arabic: مدينة السادات Madīnat as-Sādāt  Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [essæˈdæːt]) is a city in the Monufia Governorate, Egypt. It is named after late president Anwar Sadat. The city is located 94 kilometres (58 mi) 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.

Industry

Sadat City has industry in a variety of sectors and in 2017, more land was slated and offered for industrial investment in Sadat.^[2]

Climate

See also: Climate of Egypt

Köppen climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh).

Climate data for Sadat
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	19.5 (67.1)	20.7 (69.3)	23.7 (74.7)	27.6 (81.7)	32.3 (90.1)	34 (93)	34.3 (93.7)	34.4 (93.9)	32.3 (90.1)	29.8 (85.6)	25.1 (77.2)	20.5 (68.9)	27.9 (82.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	13.2 (55.8)	14.2 (57.6)	16.7 (62.1)	19.7 (67.5)	24.4 (75.9)	26.4 (79.5)	27.3 (81.1)	27.4 (81.3)	25.6 (78.1)	22.8 (73.0)	18.8 (65.8)	14.3 (57.7)	20.9 (69.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7 (45)	7.7 (45.9)	9.7 (49.5)	11.9 (53.4)	16.5 (61.7)	18.9 (66.0)	20.4 (68.7)	20.4 (68.7)	18.9 (66.0)	15.9 (60.6)	12.5 (54.5)	8.2 (46.8)	14.0 (57.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	5 (0.2)	6 (0.2)	2 (0.1)	2 (0.1)	2 (0.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0.1)	10 (0.4)	11 (0.4)	40 (1.6)
Source: climate-data.org[3]

See also

• Beheira Governorate
• 6th of October City
• New Cairo
• New Borg El Arab
• Greater Cairo

References

1. "Sadat City Investor's Association". Sadat City.
2. Ayyad, Mohamed (December 31, 2016). "Industry Ministry to offer new lands for industrial investment in 2017". Daily News Egypt.
3. "Climate: Madinat al Sadat - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". climate-data.org. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

External links

Media related to Sadat City at Wikimedia Commons