Obour City

Obour City

Obour City is a new suburb of Cairo, about 35 kilometers north-east of Cairo.[1] The suburb has approximately 250,000 residents.[1] It has also a number of hotels including Movenpick.[2]

It is one of the new 16 towns in Greater Cairo (among New Cairo, 6th of October City and others).

It is also considered an industrial area and has a great number of factories.

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