The New Administrative Capital (NAC) is a new urban community east of Cairo that is now the official seat of the Egyptian government. Part of the country's "Vision 2030," it is intended to relieve congestion in the overcrowded city of Cairo.
Roughly the size of Singapore at about 700 km², it is designed for 6.5 million residents. Government ministries, the presidential palace, and parliament have relocated there, and President el-Sisi was sworn in for his third term in the city in April 2024.
العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة مدينة تقع شرق القاهرة، أُعلن عنها عام 2015 وبدأ العمل بها في 2016 بهدف تخفيف الازدحام في القاهرة وتوفير بيئة عمل ومعيشة حديثة جاذبة للاستثمار، لتكون مقرًا للبرلمان والرئاسة والوزارات.
Key Features & Districts
- Central Business District: home to the Iconic Tower, at 385 m the tallest building in Africa.
- Financial District: designed as a hub for African and Middle Eastern trade.
- Green River (Al-Nahr al-Akhdar): an urban park over 35 km long — six times the size of New York's Central Park.
- Knowledge City: planned as the largest cultural development project in the Middle East.
- Cultural & religious sites: the biggest cathedral in the Middle East and one of the largest mosques in the Arab world.
- Transportation: a new elevated monorail links the capital to eastern Cairo.
Goals
- Decongest Cairo by relieving its population, traffic, and pollution.
- Modernize infrastructure as a technology-integrated "smart city."
- Stimulate economic growth and attract investment in finance and business.
The project, estimated to cost over $50 billion, is largely financed by the Egyptian government with support from Chinese state firms. Critics note the scale of the investment relative to the country's debt levels.
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