New Administrative Capital

The New Administrative Capital (NAC)[1][2] (Arabic: العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة, romanized: al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Gadīda) is a large-scale project of a new capital city in Egypt that has been under construction since 2015.[3] It was announced by the then Egyptian housing minister Mostafa Madbouly at the Egypt Economic Development Conference on 13 March 2015.[4] The capital city is considered one of the programs and projects for economic development, and is part of a larger initiative called Egypt Vision 2030.[5]

New Administrative Capital
العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة
City
New Administrative Capital
New Administrative Capital
New Administrative Capital
Coordinates: 30°01′39″N 31°45′54″E
Country Egypt
Metropolitan areaCairo Governorate
Area
 (as planned)
 • City centre5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
 • Urban
714 km2 (276 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
Major airportsCapital International Airport
AbbreviationNAC
Websiteacud.eg

The new capital of Egypt has yet to be given a name. A competition was launched on the new capital's website to choose a new name and logo for the city. A jury of specialists was formed to evaluate the proposals submitted to list and determine the best among all the proposals.[6][7] No official results have yet been announced by the Egyptian Government. In October 2021 transportation minister Kamel al-Wazir indicated the city might be named Egypt.[8]

The new city is to be located 45 kilometres (28 miles) east of Cairo and just outside the Second Greater Cairo Ring Road, in a largely undeveloped area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, the city will become the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, housing the main government departments and ministries and foreign embassies. On 700 square kilometres (270 sq mi) total area, it would have a population of 6.5 million people, though it is estimated that the figure could rise to seven million.[9][10]

Officially, a major reason for the undertaking of the project was to relieve congestion in Cairo, which is already one of the world's most crowded cities, with the population of Greater Cairo expected to double in the next few decades.[11][12] Cairo, for comparison, has a population of nearly 20 million.

Plans

The city is planned to consist of 21 residential districts and 25 "dedicated districts". Its downtown is to have skyscrapers, including the Oblisco Capitale that is designed in the form of a Pharaonic obelisk and will stand at a height of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), becoming the tallest in the world; and the Iconic Tower, which is the tallest in Africa. The city will also have a central park, artificial lakes, about 2,000 educational institutions, a technology and innovation park, 663 hospitals and clinics, 1,250 mosques and churches, a 90,000-seat stadium, 40,000 hotel rooms, a major theme park four times the size of Disneyland, 90 square kilometers of solar energy farms, an electric railway link with Cairo and a new international airport at the site of the Egyptian Air Force's existing Wadi al Jandali Airport.[10][11][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][3][20]

It will be built as a smart city. It is planned that the transfer of parliament, presidential palaces, government ministries and foreign embassies will be completed between 2020 and 2022, at a cost of USD 45 billion. A full cost and timescale for the overall project has not been disclosed.[19] The first government officials were moved into their new offices in 2019.[21]

Feedback on former experiences of capital relocation was looked at, for instance by meeting with representatives from Nur-Sultan (then Astana), which replaced Almaty as the capital city of Kazakhstan in 1997.[22]

Mosques and cathedrals

In January 2019, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated a large-scale cathedral and a mosque.[23]

The Nativity of Christ Cathedral

The Nativity of Christ is a mega-cathedral, the largest of its kind in Egypt and the Middle East.[23] The cathedral serves the city's Coptic Orthodox community.

Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque

Al-Fattah Al-Aleem is a mega-mosque, the largest of its kind in Egypt.[24]

Iconic Tower

The Iconic Tower is a skyscraper under construction, set to be Egypt and Africa's largest skyscraper.[25]

Oblisco Capitale

The Oblisco Capitale is a planned and approved skyscraper set to be inaugurated in 2030, it is designed by the Egyptian architectural design firm IDIA in the form of a Pharaonic obelisk, and, once finished, it will be the tallest building in the world at a height of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), surpassing the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa.[26]

Capital Park

The Capital Park (also known as Green River) is an urban park set extend along the entirety of the new capital representing the Nile river, it is expected to be 35 kilometres (22 mi) long, aiming to be double the size of New York's Central Park. The initial phase of the park will be of about the first 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and is under construction.[27][28]

The Octagon

The Octagon (State's Strategic Leadership Centre) is Egypt's new Ministry of Defense headquarters, the complex is considered the largest of its kind in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world, much like The Pentagon in the United States of America.[29][30]

Capital International Airport

The Capital International Airport is the airport for Egypt's new capital, intended to relieve pressure on Cairo International Airport, serving Cairo and the Sphinx International Airport, near the Giza Pyramids, serving Giza.[31][32]

New Administrative Capital Stadium

The New Administrative Capital Stadium (Sports City Stadium) is a sports stadium under construction since 2019. With an expected capacity of over 93,000 people, it will be the largest stadium in Egypt and the second largest in Africa, and is expected to replace the Cairo International Stadium as the new national stadium. It will be part of a larger olympic sports complex.[33][34]

Skyscrapers and towers under construction
Current status of construction
Completed Topped out Under construction On hold Presumably

MU10

[35][36][37][38][39][40][41]

Rank Name Usage Max height Roof height Floors Started Construction status Total area Notes Renders
1 The Iconic Tower[42][43] Hotel, office and residential 385.8 m (1,265 ft) 373.2 m (1224 ft)[44] 80 2019 Topped out 260,000 m2[44] Africa's tallest building
2 D01[45] Administrative and residential 196m 196m 49 2018 Topped out 116,621 m2 Africa's tallest residential building[45]
3 C01 Office and administrative 190m ? 39 2018 Topped out
4 C04 Office and administrative 170m ? 34 2018 Topped out
5 C07[46] Office and administrative 160m ? 31 2018 Topped out
6 C08[46] Office and administrative 160m ? 31 2018 Topped out
7 C11 Office and administrative 155m ? 27 2018 Topped out
8 C12 Office and administrative 155m ? 27 2018 Topped out
9 D02 Administrative and residential 150m 150m 44 2018 Under construction
10 D03 Administrative and residential 150m 150m 44 2018 Under construction
12 D04 Administrative and residential 135m 135m 40 2018 Under construction
13 D05 Administrative and residential 120m 120m 38 2018 Under construction
14 C05 Office and administrative 95m ? 18 2018 Topped out
15 C06 Office and administrative 95m ? 18 2018 Topped out
16 C02 Office and administrative 85m ? 16 2018 Topped out
17 C03 Office and administrative 85m ? 16 2018 Topped out
18 C09 Hotel and office towers 55m ? 9 2018 Topped out Luxury five star hotel
19 C10 Hotel and office towers 55m ? 9 2018 Topped out Luxury five star hotel


MU07
Name Usage Max height Roof height Floors Started Construction status Total area Developer Notes Renders
Diamond Tower [47] Mixed-use 200m ? 50 2021 Under construction Amazon Holding developments
Infinity Tower[48][49] Mixed-use 200m ? 45 2021 Under construction Infinity for Urban Development
East Tower[50][51][52] Mixed-use 180m 180m 45 2022 Approved UC Developements
Taj Tower Office & commercial 170m 170m 43 2022 Approved Taj Misr Developments
6ixty Tower[53] Mixed-use 160m 160m 40 2021 Approved AlBorouj Masr
Quan Tower[54][55] Mixed-use 100m 100m 25 2022 Approved Contact Developments
Central Iconic Hotel[56][57] Leisure and hospitality ~100m ~100m 18 2022 Approved Modon Developments

MU19
Name Usage Max height Roof height Floors Started Construction status Total area Developer Notes Renders
Nile Business City Tower Mixed-use 233m 233m 56 2022 Approved Nile Developments
31North Tower[58][59] Mixed-use 131m ? 36 2021 Under construction Nile Developments
OIA Towers[60][61] Mixed-use 111m 111m 30 2021 Under construction EDGE Holdings
Podia Tower[62][63][64] Mixed-use 110m 110m 29 2021 Approved Menassat Developments
Pyramids Business Towers[65] Mixed-use 96m ? 21 2021 Approved Pyramids Developments
iBusiness Park Towers[66][67] Mixed-use 91m ? 20 2021 Approved ARQA Developments Group


Future proposed towers
Name Usage Max height Roof height Floors Started Construction status Total area Notes Renders
Oblisco Capitale Tower[68][69][70] Hotel, office and residential 1000 m (3280 ft) 1000 m (3280 ft) +200 N/A Proposed concept ?
  • World's tallest building
  • Projected completion 2030

Transportation

A train to Cairo is being built. The line will start from Adly Mansour Station at Al Salam City on Cairo Metro Line 3, and will split into two branches at Robeiky. One will run northward, parallel to the Cairo Ring Road, to 10th of Ramadan City, and the other will go south towards the New Administrative Capital. Intermediate cities along the train's route include Obour, Shorouk, and Mostaqbal.[71] In addition, a monorail line under construction will connect Giza to the new capital passing through Cairo.[72] In January 2021, Egypt signed a contract with Siemens to construct a high speed rail line that extends from the northern Mediterranean city of El Alamein to Ain Sokhna city on the red sea passing through the new capital and Alexandria. The 450 km line is expected to be finished by 2023. Later phases of the 1750 km high speed network will connect the new capital with cities as far as Aswan in the south of Egypt.[73]

Construction

Speaking before the official announcement, Egypt's investment minister Ashraf Salman had already mentioned the possibility of a new capital being "developed, master-planned and executed by a private sector company", at no cost to the Egyptian treasury.[74] It was revealed that the city will be built by Capital City Partners, a private real estate investment firm led by Emirati businessman Mohamed Alabbar.[9]

When the project was officially announced in March 2015, it was revealed that the Egyptian military had already begun building a road from Cairo to the site of the future capital.[3]

In September 2015, Egypt cancelled the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with the UAE's Mohamed Alabbar during the March economic summit, since they did not make any progress with the proposed plans.[75] In the same month Egypt signed a new MoU with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to "study building and financing" the administrative part of the new capital, which will include ministries, government agencies and the president's office.[76] CSCEC signed agreements with Egyptian authorities in early 2016 and in 2017 and 2018 to develop parts of the project.[77][78][79][80] Egyptian construction company Arab Contractors (in Arabic El-Mokawloon El-Arab) was called for constructing the water supply and sewage lines to the new capital.[81] The company stated that the studies needed were done in August and it is supposed that the project will take 3 months to supply the city with the main services needed in order to prepare it for the construction work. The Egyptian government will begin moving offices to the new capital in December 2021.[82]

See also

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