New Cairo
القاهرة الجديدة | |
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Coordinates: 30°02′N 31°28′E / 30.03°N 31.47°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Cairo |
Metropolitan area | Greater Cairo |
Government | |
• Type | Development Agency |
• Chairman | Amin Ghoneim |
Area | |
• Total | 343 km2 (132 sq mi) |
Elevation | 271 m (889 ft) |
Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 318,092 |
• Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EST) |
Area code | (+20) 2 |
New Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة الجديدة el-Qāhera el-Gedīda) is a satellite city within the metropolitan area of Cairo, Egypt. Administratively, it is part of the Eastern Area of Cairo,[2] administered by the New Urban Communities Authority.[3] The city was established in 2000 by merging three 'new' towns (The First, Third and Fifth Settlements, translit. Al-Tagammu' al-awwal, al-thalith, al-khames, Arabic:التجمع الأول والثالث والخامس),[4] originally on an area of about 67,000 acres which had grown to 85,000 acres by 2016.[3]
According to the 2017 census, New Cairo's three qisms (Qahira al-Gadida Awwal, Thani, Thalith) had a combined population of 297,387 residents (also see population section below).[5][6] This is in stark contrast to the New Urban Communities Authority's (NUCA) undated population estimate of 1.5 million inhabitants and a target population of 4 million inhabitants.[7] However, the same source contradicts this claim where it states 70,000 homes as built,[7] leading to an impossibly high average of 21 people per home. The lower population figure translates into a more realistic 4 people per home.
New Cairo is built in the Eastern Desert to the east of the Cairo Ring Road and the modern 1950s extension of Nasr City, on a plateau that ranges in elevation between 250 and 307 metres (820 and 1,007 ft) above sea level.[8]
The city could eventually host a population of 5 million.[9] When compared to 6th of October, also built with the hopes of alleviating the strain on Cairo, more homes are being rented out in New Cairo.[10]
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