North Africa
Egypt
Giza Governorate

6th of October City

6th of October is a city in the of . 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.
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  • Type: Locality with 376,000 residents
  • Description: City in Giza Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: “6 October City”, “6th October City”, “6th of October”, “Madīnat 6 Uktūbar”, “Madinat as Sadis min Uktubar”, “Madīnat as Sādis min Uktūbar”, “Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar”, “Madīnat Sittat Uktūbar”, and “October 6”

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)
United Nations Location Codes
EG SOC and EG XOO
Open location code
7GXGXW72+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1103595802
Geo­Names ID
7577132
Wiki­data ID
Q335708
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“6th of October City” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “6 أكتوبر”
  • Arabic: “السادس من أكتوبر”
  • Arabic: “مدينة ٦ أكتوبر”
  • Arabic: “مدينة 6 أكتوبر”
  • Arabic: “مدينة 6 اكتوبر”
  • 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”
  • Chinese: “十月六日市”
  • Czech: “Město 6. října”
  • Czech: “Město 6. Října”
  • Danish: “Madinat Sittah Uktubar”
  • Dutch: “Zes Oktober”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “السادس من اكتوبر”
  • Esperanto: “Sesadeoktobrourbo”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo Sesa de Oktobro”
  • French: “6 october city”
  • French: “Ville du 6 octobre”
  • French: “Ville du 6 Octobre”
  • Georgian: “6 ოქტომბერი”
  • German: “6.-Oktober-Stadt”
  • German: “6th of October City”
  • German: “Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • German: “Madinat Sitta Uktubar”
  • German: “Stadt des 6. Oktober”
  • Greek: “Πόλη 6ης Οκτωβρίου”
  • Hebrew: “השישי באוקטובר”
  • Hebrew: “שישה באוקטובר”
  • Hungarian: “Október 6. város”
  • Indonesian: “Kota 6 Oktober”
  • Irish: “Cathair 6ú Deireadh Fómhair”
  • Italian: “6 Ottobre”
  • Italian: “6th October City”
  • Italian: “Città del 6 ottobre”
  • Italian: “Madinat Sadis min Uktubir”
  • Italian: “October City”
  • Japanese: “10月6日市”
  • Korean: “10월 6일시”
  • Malagasy: “Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar”
  • Malay: “Bandar 6 Oktober”
  • Malay: “Bandar Enam Oktober”
  • Malay: “Bandar Oktober Ke-6”
  • Malay: “Bandar Oktober Keenam”
  • Malay: “Bandaraya 6 Oktober”
  • Mingrelian: “6 გჷმათუთა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Sādis Min Uktōber”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madinat Sittah Uktubar”
  • Norwegian: “Madinat Sittah Uktubar”
  • Persian: “۶ اکتوبر (استان جیزه)”
  • Persian: “ششم اکتبر”
  • Polish: “6th of October City”
  • Polish: “As-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • Polish: “Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • Polish: “Sixth of October City”
  • Romanian: “6 Octombrie”
  • Russian: “6 Октября”
  • Russian: “Город им. 6 Октября”
  • Russian: “Город имени 6 октября”
  • Russian: “Медина-Ситтат-Октобер”
  • Scots: “6t o October Ceety”
  • Serbian: “Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • Serbian: “Мадинат ас-Садис мин Уктубар”
  • Slovak: “Madínat as-Sádis min Uktúbar”
  • Slovenian: “6th of October City”
  • Slovenian: “Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar”
  • Slovenian: “Madinat Sitta Uktubar”
  • Slovenian: “Mesto šestega oktobra”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلتی اوکتوبر”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ششم اکتبر (شهر)”
  • Spanish: “6 de Octubre”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad 6 de octubre”
  • Spanish: “Seis de Octubre”
  • Swahili: “Madinat Sitta Uktubar”
  • Swedish: “6 oktober-staden”
  • Swedish: “Madinat Sittah Uktobar”
  • Swedish: “Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar”
  • 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): “6th of October”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ika-6 han Oktubre”
  • Western Panjabi: “6 اکتوبر شہر”
  • Zulu: “6th of October (idolobha)”
  • Zulu: “6th of October”

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