Badr, Egypt

City in Cairo, Egypt

Badr بدر
City

30°08′09″N 31°43′54″E / 30.135923°N 31.731552°E / 30.135923; 31.731552 30°08′10″N 31°42′54″E / 30.136°N 31.715°E / 30.136; 31.715
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Cairo
Area ^[1]
• Total	162.0 sq mi (419.6 km²)
Population (2023 est.)^[2]
• Total	33,456
• Density	210/sq mi (80/km²)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Badr [1] (Arabic: بدر pronounced [bædɾ]) is a satellite city in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.^[3] It was planned and is administered by the New Urban Communities Authority(NUCA).^[4] 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.^[4] Most factories are built with the aim of exporting to Arab, African and world markets. In 2017, the census recorded 31,299 residents.^[5]

Description

It is the nearest industrial city to Cairo International Airport, Suez Port, it is also close to the Delta 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، 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.

Climate

Badr City essentially has a hot desert climate (^[6]). 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),^[7] as the rest of Egypt.

Climate data for Badr City
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18.1 (64.6)	19.8 (67.6)	23.2 (73.8)	27.8 (82.0)	32 (90)	34.4 (93.9)	34.9 (94.8)	34.6 (94.3)	31.8 (89.2)	29.8 (85.6)	24.9 (76.8)	20.1 (68.2)	27.6 (81.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	12.8 (55.0)	14 (57)	16.7 (62.1)	20.3 (68.5)	24.2 (75.6)	26.9 (80.4)	27.8 (82.0)	27.9 (82.2)	25.4 (77.7)	23.5 (74.3)	19.4 (66.9)	14.7 (58.5)	21.1 (70.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.6 (45.7)	8.2 (46.8)	10.2 (50.4)	12.9 (55.2)	16.4 (61.5)	19.4 (66.9)	20.8 (69.4)	21.2 (70.2)	19.1 (66.4)	17.2 (63.0)	13.9 (57.0)	9.4 (48.9)	14.7 (58.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	6 (0.2)	4 (0.2)	4 (0.2)	2 (0.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.0)	4 (0.2)	5 (0.2)	26 (1.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 216m)^[7]

References

^ "Badr (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Egypt population estimates by qism and markaz on 1/1/2023" (PDF). capmas.gov.eg. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "Eastern Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Badr City". New Urban Communities Authority. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^ Köppen climate classification BWh
^ ^a ^b "Climate: Badr City - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

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