6th of October Governorate [SEP] dissolved or abolished
recently established planned communities such as the Sheikh Zayed City. On 14 April 2011, prime minister Essam Sharaf dissolved the 6th of October Governorate and reincorporated its territory into the Giza Governorate.
The governorate's name commemorates the Egyptian military's successful crossing of the Suez Canal on 6 October 1973 during the October War. 6 October is also Egypt's Armed Forces Day.
Geography.
The area of the 6th of October is largely desert but contains the left bank of the Nile valley to both the north and south of
abolished the Helwan Governorate and reincorporated its territory into the Cairo Governorate.
Cities.
- Helwan
See also.
- Cairo Governorate
- 6th of October Governorate (now defunct)