The New Capital

The New Capital
العاصمة الجديدة
City
Central Business District
Government District
Misr Stadium
The Octagon
Green River Park
The New Capital is located in Egypt
The New Capital
The New Capital
Coordinates: 30°01′19″N 31°45′18″E / 30.02194°N 31.75500°E / 30.02194; 31.75500
Country Egypt
Area
 (as planned)
 • City centre5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
 • Urban
714 km2 (276 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Major airportsCapital International Airport
Abbreviation(TBD)
Websiteacud.eg

The New Capital (Egyptian Arabic: العاصمة الجديدة, romanized: el-ʿĀṣima el-Gedīda) is a new urban community east of New Cairo in Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

As of May 2023, 14 ministries and government bodies have been relocated there.

Background

On 2 April 2024, president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took the constitutional oath for a third consecutive term in office, officially inaugurating the new capital city as the seat of Egyptian government.

It was announced by then-Egyptian housing minister Moustafa Madbouly at the Egypt Economic Development Conference on 13 March 2015. The city will reportedly be named Wedian, the Egyptian Arabic plural for "Wadi".

References

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