The New Administrative Capital: an ambitious project

2015700 km26,500,000$45 billionJanuary 2019The project is launchedProposed surface areaExpected inhabitantsCost of the first phaseInauguration of the cathedral and great mosque During a conference on Egypt’s economic development held at Sharm el-Sheikh in March 2015 President Sisi announced the launch of the New Administrative Capital, to be built some 45 km east of Cairo. This creation ex-nihilo in the desert, mid-way between Cairo and the Red Sea, is one of the great national construction p...