Badr ( ) is a satellite city in the Eastern Area of

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. It was planned and is administered by the

New Urban Communities Authority The New Urban Communities Authority () is an Egyptian state owned enterprise (SOE) established in 1979 and affiliated to the Ministry of Housing. It is the exclusive satellite city developer in Egypt, in addition to being Egypt's largest re ...

(NUCA). Badr was established in 1982 according to Prime Ministerial Decree 235/1982 allocating NUCA 3000 acres in the Eastern Desert on the Cairo-Suez Highway. It has since grown to 21,000 acres, and has a 2200 acre industrial zone that includes 564 factories, in addition to this, 501 factories are still under construction. Most factories are built with the aim of exporting to Arab, African and world markets. In 2017, the census recorded 31,299 residents.

Description

It is the nearest industrial city to

Cairo International Airport Cairo International Airport (; ''Maṭār El Qāhira El Dawli'') is the principal international airport of Cairo and the largest and busiest airport in Egypt. It serves as the primary hub for Egyptair and Nile Air as well as several other a ...

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, it is also close to the

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and the

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. Projects in Badr are exempted from taxes for up to 10 years from the date at which their operation commenced.

Education

The city houses three universities, namely the Egyptian-Russian University,

Future University in Egypt Future University in Egypt (FUE; Arabic: جامعة المستقبل) is a private university located in 90 street, New Cairo, Egypt and was founded in 2006 by the Azazy Group. Faculties * Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine * Faculty of Phar ...

، the Egyptian E-Learning University and Badr University in Cairo BUC.

Health care

The city has a central national hospital, Badr Hospital. The hospital was founded in the early 2005 and started working in 2009. Badr Hospital is owned by

Helwan University Helwan University is a public university based in Helwan, Egypt, which is part of Greater Cairo on over . It comprises 23 faculties and two higher institutes in addition to 50 research centers. Overview Helwan University is a member of the ...

and is now assigned to be a

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Climate

Badr City essentially has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). The climate is generally extremely dry all over the year except some sporadic rain during the winter months. In addition to rarity of rain, extreme heat during summer months is also a general climate feature of Badr although daytime temperatures are milder during autumn and winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as a

hot desert A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the la ...

(BWh), as the rest of Egypt.

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{{Authority control Cities in Egypt Populated places in Cairo Governorate Planned communities in Egypt Districts of Greater Cairo

Description

Education

Health care

Climate

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