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.