Egypt’s new capital city under construction

Egypt’s New Administrative Capital is being built from scratch in the desert 35km east of Cairo. Covering 700 square kilometres, the city is designed to alleviate congestion in the current capital


New Administrative Capital (NAC)
To house at least 6.5m people

GIZA
Pyramids
River Nile
CAIRO (pop. 20m)
Cairo International Airport
New Cairo
Ministry of Defence (Octagon)

Phase 1: 168 sq km.
Egypt aims to start running country from new capital by mid-2020

“Green River” central park
Central Business District
Presidential palace
New Capital Airport
Government zone

10km 6 miles 


Mediterranean Sea
Alexandria
River Nile
Port  Said
Suez
Cairo
Red Sea
50km 30 miles

EGYPT


Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque in NAC


Sources: ACUD, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
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