6th of October Governorate, Administrative division in Egypt

The 6th of October Governorate was a short-lived Egyptian governorate created in 2008 from parts of Giza, with 6th of October City as its capital. It stretched from the Nile valley near Giza west into the desert, including the Bahariya Oasis, and contained industrial zones, universities, and new planned communities such as Sheikh Zayed.

The 6th of October Governorate was split from Giza Governorate by presidential decree on 17 April 2008 to ease pressure on densely populated Giza. A second decree on 30 April added the Atfih and Bahariya centers, but a dispute over Mohamed Island was settled in Giza's favor. It was dissolved on 14 April 2011 by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf after the revolution, despite protests from some residents.

The name refers to Egypt's military crossing of the Suez Canal on October 6, 1973, a date celebrated annually as Egypt's Armed Forces Day. This historical connection shapes how locals understand their region and its place in the nation's story.

The governorate's territory lay west of the Nile valley in the Western Desert, reached from Giza and Cairo by the Cairo–Alexandria Desert Road and the ring road, which served its 18,500-feddan investment zone. Bahariya Oasis, added in the 30 April 2008 boundary revision, sits far to the southwest and is reached by its own desert road. The 6th of October City was the administrative capital and the main base for visitors.

The governorate was crossed by the north-easterly line of equal latitude and longitude, where northern latitude and eastern longitude have the same value. Its territory also held the oasis town of Bahariya, far out in the Western Desert, and the planned community of Sheikh Zayed, administered by the New Urban Communities Authority.