New Cairo is a new third-generation city in Egypt, located in Cairo Governorate, and administratively affiliated with the New Urban Communities Authority. It was established by Decree No. 191 of the year 2000 of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It is considered one of the largest new cities in Egypt, with an area estimated at about 85 thousand acres. An area of 15 thousand acres was added by Ministerial Resolution No. 499 of 2016, consisting of several residential complexes, the largest of which is the Fifth Settlement, in addition to Al-Rehab, the First Settlement, the Third Settlement, and others. The city is located in the eastern arc of Cairo, east of the Ring Road, in the distance between the Cairo-Suez Desert Road and the Cairo-Ain Sokhna Road. It is expected that the city's population will reach 4.9 million people when it is fully developed. The climate of New Cairo is desert, and due to its altitude, New Cairo has a gentler climate than Cairo, which is approximately five degrees Celsius lower than it.
City leaders
On February 12, 2023, the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities issued a decision assigning Engineer Abdel-Raouf Hamed Abdel-Raouf Al-Ghaity, head of the Obour City Development Authority, to work as head of the New Cairo City Development Authority.
General plan
The urban area of the city is 67 thousand acres, out of the original total area of 70 thousand acres.
The city's residential activity area is 43.4 thousand acres, divided into a group of neighborhoods that include all levels of housing (economic - average - upper average - luxury).
The New Urban Communities Authority provides residential plots of land for individuals, investment companies, and residential resorts, as well as for projects such as the Mubarak Housing Project, the Future Association Housing Project, the Free Housing Project, the Family Housing Project, and the Beit Al Watan Project.
The Authority also created 34,845 housing units, including 21,818 housing units for youth and the future, and the non-governmental sector created 117,687 housing units.
Many integrated residential complexes have also been built in the Khami Settlement, such as Azzar Compound, Hyde Park, Bosco City, Mountain View, Saray Compound, and other luxury residential complexes.
Services
The area of service activity is 18.2 thousand acres, as the city’s urban planning provides plots of land for various services (educational, health, cultural, religious, entertainment, and commercial).
The Health
New Cairo City includes many medical facilities, the most important of which are:
Air Specialized Hospital.
New Cairo Hospital.
Tabarak International Hospital.
Ahl Misr Hospital.
Katameya Clinic Hospital.
Education
New Cairo City includes many educational facilities, the most important of which are:
the American University in Cairo.
German University in Cairo.
Canadian International College.
New Cairo Academy.
Future University in Egypt.
police Academy.
Japanese school.
Entertainment
Many youth centers and clubs, including (New Cairo Club - golf courses at Katameya Golf Resort - Katameya Club and Sky Resort (affiliated with Petrosport, one of the petroleum sector companies) - Aviation Club - Al-Zohour Club - Platinum Club - Code Club - Life Sport Club - Wadi Degla Club ).
Infrastructure
Roads and transportation
Road networks with a length of 1,178 km have been implemented.
The city is connected to other cities by
Bus lines (Greater Cairo Public Transport Authority) link the city to Abbasiya, Sayyida Aisha Square, Tahrir Square, and Ramses Square.
Mass transportation vehicles connect the city to Nasr City.
Al-Rehab City cars link the city to the (Saray Al-Qubba - Nasr City) subway.
The city is connected internally through lines belonging to the city's Board of Trustees to connect the city's neighborhoods together. It is expected that after the completion of the New Administrative Capital project, there will be direct transportation lines between the city and the Administrative Capital, the most important of which is the monorail.
Drinking water and sanitation
The city is fed with drinking water through the Obour City water purification station, with a water volume of 260 thousand m3/day, increasing to 550 thousand m3/day.
Designs are being made for the final water station with a capacity of 1.6 million m3/day.
Water networks with a length of 1784.51 km were implemented.
Three integrated sewage treatment plants with a capacity of 8 thousand m3/day were implemented.
1 oxidation pond with a capacity of 15 thousand m3/day is being implemented.
A mechanical treatment plant with a capacity of 100,000 m3 has been implemented, and it is being developed to have triple treatment. The first phase of the treatment plant is being launched with a capacity of 250,000 m2/day out of a total capacity of 1.25 million m3/day.
Sewerage networks with a length of 1,148.57 km have been implemented.
Electricity and communications
Electricity networks with a length of 7,415.57 km have been implemented.
Communications networks with a length of 608 km have been implemented.
Industry
The area of industrial activity in the city is 1.2 thousand acres, where the industrial activities are represented in the industries (engineering, electrical, food, wood, furniture, plastic, paper, spinning and weaving, building materials, metal and mechanical, chemical and pharmaceutical, ready-made clothing). The Urban Communities Authority also New) by providing industrial plots of land, warehouse lands, and small workshops