Badr ( ar, بدر ) is a city located north east in the
Cairo Governorate,
Egypt
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. Badr is planned as an industrial city and includes 129 factories. In addition to this, 350 factories are still under construction. Most factories are built with the aim of exporting to Arab, African and world markets.
Description
It is the nearest industrial city to
Cairo International Airport,
Suez Port
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, it is also close to the
Delta
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and the
Suez Canal.
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
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Faculties
* Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine
* Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences ...
، 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 and is now assigned to be a
University Hospital
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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 (BWh),
as the
rest of Egypt.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Egypt
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* List (surname)
Organizations
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* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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Shorouk City
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New Heliopolis
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Greater Cairo
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References
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Populated places in Cairo Governorate
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