Badr, Egypt
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Badr ({{langx|ar|بدر}} {{IPA|arz|bædɾ|pron}}) is a satellite city in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.{{Cite web |title=Eastern Area |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=12 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.cairo.gov.eg}} It was planned and is administered by the New Urban Communities Authority(NUCA).{{cite web |title=Badr City |url=http://www.newcities.gov.eg/know_cities/Badr/default.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312064055/http://www.newcities.gov.eg/know_cities/Badr/default.aspx |archive-date=2023-03-12 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=New Urban Communities Authority}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) |date=2017 |title=2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions |url=https://www.cedejcapmas.org/adws/app/4d5b52dc-669d-11e9-b6a6-975656a88994/index.html |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=CEDEJ-CAPMAS}}
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 (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),{{Cite web |url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/32258/ |title=Climate: Badr City - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate=2013-12-14 }} as the rest of Egypt.
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|location=Badr City
|Jan high C=18.1
|Feb high C=19.8
|Mar high C=23.2
|Apr high C=27.8
|May high C=32
|Jun high C=34.4
|Jul high C=34.9
|Aug high C=34.6
|Sep high C=31.8
|Oct high C=29.8
|Nov high C=24.9
|Dec high C=20.1
|Jan mean C=12.8
|Feb mean C=14
|Mar mean C=16.7
|Apr mean C=20.3
|May mean C=24.2
|Jun mean C=26.9
|Jul mean C=27.8
|Aug mean C=27.9
|Sep mean C=25.4
|Oct mean C=23.5
|Nov mean C=19.4
|Dec mean C=14.7
|Jan low C=7.6
|Feb low C=8.2
|Mar low C=10.2
|Apr low C=12.9
|May low C=16.4
|Jun low C=19.4
|Jul low C=20.8
|Aug low C=21.2
|Sep low C=19.1
|Oct low C=17.2
|Nov low C=13.9
|Dec low C=9.4
|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm=6
|Feb precipitation mm=4
|Mar precipitation mm=4
|Apr precipitation mm=2
|May precipitation mm=0
|Jun precipitation mm=0
|Jul precipitation mm=0
|Aug precipitation mm=0
|Sep precipitation mm=0
|Oct precipitation mm=1
|Nov precipitation mm=4
|Dec precipitation mm=5
|source 1= Climate-Data.org (altitude: 216m)
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See also
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References
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{{New towns in Egypt}}
{{Egyptian Cities}}
{{Districts of Cairo|state=expanded}}
{{Cities of Egypt}}
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Category:Populated places in Cairo Governorate