6th of October City

6th of October is a city in the , . It is a satellite city, located adjacent to , and is part of the region. The city served as the capital of the now-defunct 6th of October Governorate, which was dissolved in 2011.
  • Type: Locality with 376,000 residents
  • Description: City in Giza Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: “6 de Octubre”, “6 october city”, “6 October City”, “6 oktober-staden”, “6 Октября”, “6 أكتوبر”, “۶ اکتوبر (استان جیزه)”, “6.-Oktober-Stadt”, “6th October City”, “6th of October”, “Al Sādis Min Uktōber”, “As-Sadis min Uktubar”, “Bandar Enam Oktober”, “Bandar Oktober Ke-6”, “Bandar Oktober Keenam”, “Bandaraya 6 Oktober”, “Ciudad 6 de octubre”, “Madīnat 6 Uktūbar”, “Madinat as Sadis min Uktubar”, “Madīnat as Sādis min Uktūbar”, “Madinat Sadis min Uktubir”, “Madīnat Sittat Uktūbar”, “Mesto šestega oktobra”, “October 6”, “October City”, “Sesadeoktobrourbo”, “Sixth of October City”, “Stadt des 6. Oktober”, “Медина-Ситтат-Октобер”, “השישי באוקטובר”, “مدينة 6 أكتوبر”, “مدينة 6 اكتوبر”, and “十月六日市”

6th of October City

Latitude
29.96397° or 29° 57′ 50″ north
Longitude
30.90168° or 30° 54′ 6″ east
Population
376,000
Elevation
170 metres (558 feet)
UN/LOCODE
EG SOC and EG XOO
Open location code
7GXGXW72+HM
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“6th of October City” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السادس من أكتوبر”
  • Arabic: “مدينة ٦ أكتوبر”
  • Arabic: “مدينة السادس من أكتوبر”
  • Bulgarian: “Мадинат ас-Садис мин Уктубар”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat 6 d’Octubre”
  • Cebuano: “Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar”
  • Chinese: “十月六日城”
  • Czech: “Město 6. října”
  • Czech: “Město 6. Října”
  • Danish: “Madinat Sittah Uktubar”
  • Dutch: “Zes Oktober”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “السادس من اكتوبر”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo Sesa de Oktobro”
  • French: “Ville du 6 octobre”
  • French: “Ville du 6 Octobre”
  • Georgian: “6 ოქტომბერი”
  • German: “6th of October City”
  • German: “Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • Greek: “Πόλη 6ης Οκτωβρίου”
  • Hebrew: “שישה באוקטובר”
  • Hindi: “सिक्सथ ऑफ अक्टूबर सिटी”
  • Hungarian: “Október 6. város”
  • Indonesian: “Kota 6 Oktober”
  • Irish: “Cathair 6ú Deireadh Fómhair”
  • Italian: “6 Ottobre”
  • Italian: “Città del 6 ottobre”
  • Japanese: “10月6日市”
  • Korean: “10월 6일시”
  • Malagasy: “Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar”
  • Malay: “Bandar 6 Oktober”
  • Mingrelian: “6 გჷმათუთა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madinat Sittah Uktubar”
  • Norwegian: “Madinat Sittah Uktubar”
  • Persian: “ششم اکتبر”
  • Polish: “Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • Romanian: “6 Octombrie”
  • Russian: “Город им. 6 Октября”
  • Russian: “Город имени 6 октября”
  • Scots: “6t o October Ceety”
  • Serbian: “Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • Serbian: “Мадинат ас-Садис мин Уктубар”
  • Slovak: “Madínat as-Sádis min Uktúbar”
  • Slovenian: “Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلتی اوکتوبر”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ششم اکتبر (شهر)”
  • Spanish: “Seis de Octubre”
  • Swahili: “Madinat Sitta Uktubar”
  • Swedish: “Madinat Sittah Uktobar”
  • Tatar: “6 Үктәбер исемендәге шәһәр”
  • Turkish: “6 Ekim Şehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Місто ім. 6 Жовтня”
  • Urdu: “6 اکتوبر شہر”
  • Venetian: “Sità del 6 de otobre”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Ngày Sáu Tháng Mười”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ika-6 han Oktubre”
  • Western Panjabi: “6 اکتوبر شہر”
  • Zulu: “6th of October (idolobha)”
  • Zulu: “6th of October”

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