6th of October City (Arabic: مدينة السادس من أكتوبر Madinat as Sādis min Uktūbar) is a satellite city of Cairo, Egypt. It has a population of about 500,000. It was the capital of the now defunct 6th of October Governorate. A new cosmopolitan city in the desert, it hosts students of many nationalities who seek education at its private universities.
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