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Fifth Settlement. The Fifth Settlement ( Arabic: التجمع الخامس, literally means "the Fifth Gathering"; commonly shortened to: التجمع et-Tagammoʿ pronounced [et.tæˈɡæm.moʕ]) forms a qism (also known as Al-Qahira al-Gadida Awwal, New Cairo 1 police ward) in the New Cairo satellite city, in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.
New Cairo ( Arabic: القاهرة الجديدةel-Qāhera el-Gedīda) is a satellite city within the metropolitan area of Cairo, Egypt. Administratively, it is part of the Eastern Area of Cairo, [2] administered by the New Urban Communities Authority. [3] The city was established in 2000 by merging three 'new' towns (The First, Third and Fifth Settlements, translit. Al-Tagammu' al-awwal, al ...
6th of October ( Modern Standard Arabic: السادس من أكتوبر Al Sādis Min Uktōber; Egyptian Arabic: ستة اكتوبر Setta Oktōbar) is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. It is a satellite city, located adjacent to Giza, and is part of the Greater Cairo region. [2] Per the 2017 national census, it had a population of ...
Madinaty ( Arabic: مدينتى Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈdenti], "My City") is an 8000 acre real estate development project, in the New Cairo satellite city, [1] in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. [2]
It is famous for the Garbage City quarter, which is a slum settlement at the far southern end of Manshiyat Naser, at the base of Mokattam hills on the outskirts of Cairo. Being Cairo's largest concentration of " Zabbaleen " garbage collectors, its economy revolves around the collection and recycling of the city's garbage.
New Cairo includes the First, Third, and Fifth settlements, the American University in Cairo 's new campus, the German University in Cairo, the British University in Egypt, and French Schools. Since it is not an industrial area, its elevated plane (which rises 60 meters over the Mukkatam Heights) is characterized by its unpolluted air and all-year-round moderate climate. To preserve that, New ...
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] It was announced by the then Egyptian housing minister Mostafa ...
Nasr City was established in the 1960s as an extension to the neighboring settlement of Heliopolis. The establishment of the district was part of the Egyptian Government's plan to modernise and expand Cairo following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian President at the time, was involved personally in the design process, and was the one who chose the name Nasr for ...