10th of Ramadan

10th of Ramadan is a city in the southeast of Sharqia Governorate, Egypt, set on about 95,000 acres beside the desert highway that links Cairo with Ismailia. It was created by presidential decree in 1977 as a first-generation new urban community, planned to attract foreign and local capital, to give young Egyptians jobs and to draw people away from the Nile Valley and ease the strain on its infrastructure. The name recalls the start of the Ramadan War of 1973, which began on 10 Ramadan 1393 on the Islamic calendar. The city lies about 46 kilometres from Cairo and 20 kilometres from Bilbeis and is counted as part of Greater Cairo. It is one of the most industrialised cities in the country, with electronics, food processing, garments, plastics, paper, textiles, building materials, steel, pharmaceuticals and furniture made in its many industrial zones.