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1 day ago · The decision to build this new capital comes as Cairo's population continues to surge. Estimates in 2024 placed the city's population at over 22 million, with a density of more than 50,000 people ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Egypt is building a new city, known as the "New Administrative Capital," 30 miles east of Cairo. Construction on the 270-square-mile area began in 2016, and once complete it could hold as many as...
The New Administrative Capital (NAC) [1] [2] (Arabic: العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة, romanized: al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Jadīda), is a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of Cairo City. It is planned to be Egypt's new capital and has been under construction since 2015. [3]
21 hours ago · Constructing Egypt’s New Capital. Renowned for its grand architecture, cultural heritage, and religious sites, Cairo has a rich history extending back to the 10th century C.E. The city’s long run as Egypt’s capital, however, is coming to a close. As has happened many times in the country’s past, the seat of the national government is ...
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Today, however, the calculation has changed. While Egyptians initially welcomed the new infrastructure that would ease daily commutes and travel within the country, the overhaul is decimating the country’s cultural heritage, most notably in its sprawling capital, Cairo. That decimation has led to the questioning of the regime’s response to almost a...
El-Sisi has regularly deployed negative and disparaging language to signify his frustration with the population. In various speeches since 2013, the president has described Egyptians as lazy, wasteful, entitled, selfish, and unappreciative. It is somewhat ironic, then, that after years of deriding the people, shoring up power within the institution...
Despite the numerous challenges, el-Sisi and his regime have remained confident of Egypt’s social cohesion. The country has always been seen by its citizens and outside observers as too homogenous for major rupture, rifts, or worse, conflict. Despite the periodic rise of militant extremism, and even amid continued structural sectarianism and margin...
Image: Samih Schukri (in the M, l), Foreign Minister of Egypt, and Annalena Baerbock (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, in the M, l), Foreign Minister, take part in the Petersberg Climate Dialogue at the Federal Foreign Office. High-ranking representatives from around 40 countries are meeting at the Federal Foreign Office in the run-up to the UN Climate Chang...
The location of the NAC is about 30 miles (45 km) from downtown Cairo and 40 miles (60 km) from the Suez Canal. The plan includes a new presidential palace, a new parliament building, and space dedicated for foreign embassies, as well as new buildings for various government administrations.
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Mar 20, 2024 · Egypt is building a new city, known as the "New Administrative Capital," 30 miles east of Cairo. Construction on the 270-square-mile area began in 2016, and once complete it could hold as many as...
