Latin Quarter to be established in New Alamein City

CAIRO – 26 August 2018: Six major Egyptian contracting companies were assigned to found a “Latin Quarter” having the classical architectural style of Greco-Roman Alexandria in the New Alamein City, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly declared.


Six major Egyptian contracting companies were assigned to found a “Latin Quarter” having the classical architectural style of Greco-Roman Alexandria in the New Alamein City-Press Photo

The 450-feddan quarter includes 12,000 housing units as well as educational, health, religious and commercial services.



President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi issued a decree on March 11 to form a committee to consider allocating thousands of feddans for the New Alamein City project in MarsaMatrouh governorate.


Six major Egyptian contracting companies were assigned to found a “Latin Quarter” having the classical architectural style of Greco-Roman Alexandria in the New Alamein City-Press Photo

The committee is headed by the presidential aide for national and strategic projects, Ibrahim Mahlab, according to the decree released by the official Gazette in Egypt.

The decree allocated a total land area of 41,703 feddans (43,287.7 acres) of state-owned lands in the New Alamein City to the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA).
The decree also allocated 7,268 feddans of coastal lands located along the Alexandria-MarsaMatrouhroad for the city.

The tourist site in Tal al-Eis village, with an area of 21.8 feddans, will still belong to the Ministry of Tourism, according to the decree. Other tourist attractions within the allocated lands will be excluded from the decree as well. The Armed Forces will also keep the ownership of military structures in the allocated lands.

Real estate company SODIC signed two revenue-sharing agreements for two adjacent plots, with a total land area of 308 feddans on the Mediterranean North Coast of Egypt, a statement from the company said Sunday.

Sisi inaugurated the first phase of the New Alamein City on March 1.

The first phase will include the inauguration of an eco-city. The New Alamein City will also include a national university that comprises a number of applied science faculties, an opera house, a library and a museum.

The city is located on an area of more than 48,000 feddans (49,824 acres) in Alamein town on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, and it is designed to include 5,000 housing units to accommodate more than 400,000 inhabitants.