Obour (Arabic: العبور  pronounced [mæˈdiːnɪt el ʕʊˈbuːɾ], meaning "The Crossing") is a city in the Qalyubia Governorate, about 35 kilometers north-east of Cairo.

[3] It is named to honor the crossing ("obour") of the Bar Lev Line by the Egyptian Army during Operation Badr in 1973, part of the October War.

The non-governmental sector created 580.70 housing units The service activity area is 3.2 thousand acres, as urban planning provides the city with plots of various services (educational - health - cultural - religious - entertainment - commercial) The authority has established 74 service buildings with investments of 322.5 million pounds, including the Obour City Authority.

Lifting stations and expulsion lines are being implemented to transfer the city's actions to the Yellow Mountain treatment plant.

The 432 productive factories, with investments of 4.69 billion pounds, provide 34.4 thousand job opportunities.