A new city is being built in the desert between the River Nile and the Suez Canal to replace overcrowded Cairo as Egypt’s capital. The high-tech metropolis will have state-of-the-art services, green spaces, a mega-mall, residential districts, a science and technology campus, and a cultural complex. The government plans to move all ministerial activities there by June 2019.
With nearly 20 million residents, Cairo has more than double the population of New York City and is home to approximately 20% of Egypt’s total population. The historic capital is crowded, its infrastructure is overwhelmed, and getting around the city is a traffic nightmare. That’s why, over the past four years, a new city has sprung up out of a flat stretch of desert between the River Nile and the Suez Canal. The as yet unnamed city is expected to replace Cairo as Egypt’s capital. The government plans to move all of its 34 ministerial activities to the new city by June 2019.
Suddenly, a new city:
The new capital is being touted as a high-tech metropolis, with state-of-the-art fire detection services, an “intelligent traffic system” and more green space than New York’s Central Park.
The city will also include a mega-mall, residential districts, a science and technology campus and a huge cultural complex with an opera house, theaters and a cinema.
Forty years ago, Egypt built the brand new Sadat City on a large tract of deserted land between Cairo and Alexandria, hoping it would grow into a thriving urban center. Today only about 150,000 people live there.
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