Sadat City

30°22′52″N 30°31′36″E / 30.3811°N 30.5266°E / 30.3811; 30.5266

Sadat City
مدينة السادات
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
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
Flag of Sadat City
Official seal of Sadat City
Location in Monufia Governorate
Location in Monufia Governorate
Sadat City is located in Egypt
Sadat City
Sadat City
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°22′52″N 30°31′36″E / 30.3811°N 30.5266°E / 30.3811; 30.5266
Country Egypt
GovernorateMonufia
Established1978
Area
 • Total241 sq mi (625 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total79,000
Time zoneUTC+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.

  1. ^ "Sadat City Investor's Association". Sadat City.