LIVING "By the Real Estate Leaders" Winter 2016 - Issue #8 | Page 10

Suburbia West:
The Allure of

6 of October
A curious combination of high end, working class and middle-income housing, 6 of
October City is perhaps Cairo’s most self-contained satellite city. The suburb, which
has traditionally attracted residents of the western parts of the city, was briefly the
capital of the short-lived 6 of October Governorate, and is today part of the Giza
governorate.
Conceived in 1978 under the presidency of Anwar El Sadat, 6 of October City was
one of many projects (like El Sadat City, 10th of Ramadan City and El Obour City)
built to create industrial cities and diffuse Cairo’s population density. Fringed by
Abu Ruwash on Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road on one end and by the Oases Road
on the other, the area has grown horizontally rather than vertically, with one of its
main features being its self-contained employment opportunities.
Developed over 35 years, 6 of October City has 6 industrial zones that house large
factories producing everythin