The new capital of Egypt (the city of Vedian) [1] [2] is a large-scale project announced by Egyptian construction minister Mustafa Madbuli at the Egyptian Economic Development Conference on March 13, 2015 [3] .
| City | |
| New Capital of Egypt | |
|---|---|
| Vedian | |
| A country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo |
| History and geography | |
| First mention | 2015 |
| Square | 700 km² |
| Climate type | transitional from subtropical to tropical |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 5,000,000 (planned) people |
| Official language | Arab |
| thecapitalcairo.com (ar.) (English) | |
Geography
The new city will be located east of Cairo (20 km. East of its eastern suburb, New Cairo ) and in close proximity to the Second Ring Road in the currently underdeveloped area halfway to the seaport of Suez [4] [5] .
Climate
The future capital will be located at a latitude of about 30 degrees north of the equator and located on the southern boundary of the subtropical belt. Winter in the governorate of Cairo , where the city will be located, warm, summer - hot, the temperature often exceeds 40 degrees. During the winter, the temperature usually exceeds 20 degrees, at night it gets cold up to 10 degrees, on separate nights - up to 5, and occasionally there are soil frosts. Precipitation in this area is very rare (the climate is arid). The reason is the proximity to the Sahara desert .
| The climate of the new capital of Egypt | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan. | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sen | Oct. | Nov. | Dec | Year |
| Absolute Maximum, ° C | 31.0 | 36.1 | 39.6 | 43.0 | 44.4 | 47.8 | 44.3 | 41.4 | 43.0 | 41.1 | 37.2 | 32.5 | 47.8 |
| Average maximum, ° C | 18.9 | 20.2 | 23.4 | 28.2 | 31.9 | 34.5 | 34,8 | 34.5 | 33.0 | 29.7 | 24.7 | 20.4 | 27.9 |
| Average temperature, ° C | 14.1 | 15.1 | 17.6 | 21.6 | 24.9 | 27.7 | 28.6 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 24.1 | 19.4 | 15.5 | 22.0 |
| Average minimum, ° C | 9.8 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 15.6 | 18.6 | 21.4 | 23.0 | 23.3 | 21.8 | 19.1 | 14.8 | 11.2 | 16.8 |
| Absolute minimum, ° C | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 16,0 | 11.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 24.9 |
| Source: Weather and Climate | |||||||||||||
Population
It is expected that by 2020 the population of the new capital will be 5 million people [6] .
History
Foundation of the city
On March 13, 2015, the Minister of Construction of Egypt, Mustafa Madbuli , at the Conference on Economic Development of Egypt announced preparations for the construction of a new capital of Egypt [3] . The new city will be located east of Cairo (20 km east of its eastern suburb, New Cairo ) and in close proximity to the Second Ring Road in the currently underdeveloped area halfway to the seaport of Suez. The new capital will reach the Suez Canal and will be able to compete with the most famous business centers in the world. The cost of the project is estimated at $ 45 billion. According to the plans, while nameless the city will become the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, the location of the main government ministries and departments. A complex of government institutions, parliamentary and presidential palaces, as well as a diplomatic quarter will be built, which will house foreign embassies. On the territory with a total area of about 700 km², up to five million people will live [4] . The city also plans to build the world's largest park - “four times more than Disneyland in California ”, allocate about 90 km² for “solar farms” - power plants that receive energy from solar radiation, and build a new international airport [7] .
The new capital will be connected with Cairo railway network, its own air harbor will appear. Skyscrapers will be built on 40 thousand rooms and 25 residential areas.
Reasons for moving the capital
The transfer of the capital from Cairo to the city specially built for these functions, in the direction of the Suez Canal, is associated with an overpopulation of 20 million metropolis, the number of inhabitants of which, according to construction minister Mustafa Madbuli , will double over 40 years [8] .
Construction
On March 14, 2015, the Egyptian government and the investment company Gulf Investment Corporation from the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement to build a new administrative capital of Egypt. The cost of the first stage of the project will be $ 45 billion and according to the plans of the Egyptian government will be implemented within seven years [8] [9] . A few days later, the Egyptian military began to build a road linking Cairo with the new capital [10] .
The construction of the city is supposed to be carried out until 2020, where after the construction is completed, the presidential administration, government, ministries, parliament, embassies, diplomatic missions will move [11] .
At the beginning of June 2015, the Minister of Housing, Mustafa Madbuli, acknowledged that many difficulties arose in negotiations with investors [12] .
July 10, 2015, the project received its first funding in the amount of 5 billion Egyptian pounds [13] .
In January 2016, a contract worth $ 2.7 billion was announced between China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) and Egypt for the construction of infrastructure facilities. According to the agreement, within three years, the CSCEC in the new Egyptian capital will build a parliament building, a national conference center, office buildings for 12 government departments and an exhibition city [14] .
Residential property there can be purchased now, and the first wave of settlement is expected by mid-2018.
Ministries, government agencies and the presidential office will be able to move there by the end of 2018.
On the night of January 6/7, 2018, the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Theodore II, consecrated the largest Christian church in the Middle East - the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, designed for 8,000 believers [15] .
Criticism
The project was quickly ridiculed as the “ Potemkin Village ” and criticized for the fact that the construction was unrealistic and all its resources should be spent on solving the problems of the existing Egyptian cities, and because the people of Egypt were not informed about the project and did not consult with the people [ 16] [17] [18] .
See also
- Ahet-aton
- New capitals
- Transfer of the capital
- List of world capitals
Notes
- ↑ UDC - Urban Development Consortium . www.udc5.com. The appeal date is January 4, 2018.
- ↑ The Egyptian government will move to a new capital - Vedian (Rus.) , TVNET Rus . The appeal date is August 21, 2018.
- 2 1 2 Egypt plans to Cairo , Al Jazeera (14 March 2015). The appeal date is March 14, 2015.
- 2 1 2 Egypt to build administrative and business capital , BBC News (13 March 2015).
- ↑ Maria Golia. Faced with myriad challenges, Egyptians are promised a new capital . dailystar.com.lb (April 20, 2015). The appeal date is April 21, 2015.
- ↑ Egyptian authorities plan to build a new administrative capital
- ↑ What will be the fame of the new capital of Egypt: the world's largest park and "solar farms"
- ↑ 1 2 Egypt and the UAE have signed an agreement on the construction of a new Egyptian capital
- ↑ Egypt has signed an agreement with the UAE on the construction of a new capital of the country
- ↑ Egyptian authorities decided to build a new capital
- ↑ Egyptian government reveals plans to build new capital city east of Cairo
- Hits Egypt hits 'complications' for new administrative capital . // Al-Arabiya (June 9, 2015). The appeal date is June 11, 2015.
- ↑ Five billion pounds allocated to the new capital of Egypt
- ↑ Ivan Bulatov. The Chinese CSCEC has entered into a construction contract with Egypt for $ 2.7 billion . RIA-Real Estate (January 22, 2016). The appeal date is June 29, 2016.
- ↑ In the future administrative capital of Egypt (the city of Vedian), the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ Is consecrated . deiverbo.com. The appeal date is January 3, 2019.
- ↑ Egypt to build a Potemkin capital . The Atlantic . The appeal date is March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Chasing Mirages in the Desert . Cairo Observer . The appeal date is March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Finding hope in the Desert . Cairo Observer . The appeal date is March 18, 2015.
Links
- Official site of the new capital (English) (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is June 28, 2016. Archived March 22, 2018.
- Heba Saleh. Egypt's new desert capital: metropolis or mirage? (eng.) // Financial Times . The appeal date is June 29, 2016.
- Anton Pogorelsky. Mirage in the desert: Arab countries have announced 5 new megaprojects . // RBC Real Estate (September 29, 2015). The appeal date is June 29, 2016.