Sisi lays foundation stone of 3 new cities via video conference

CAIRO – 1 March 2018: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi laid the foundation stone of October Gardens City, New Obour City and West Qena City, via video conference, during the inauguration of the first phase of the new city of Alamein.

Sisi ordered Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly to finish four new cities in Upper Egypt before the end of 2019.

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced in his speech during the inauguration of the new Alamein city and other projects that the Egyptian government has commenced establishing 15 new fourth-generation cities.


President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi attends the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of New city of Al Alamein in Marsa Matrouh on Thursday, March 1, 2018- press photo


Ismail added that the government is working on increasing urban areas in the country, which currently account for 6 to 12 percent, in order to accommodate the population increase.

Ismail also pointed out that the government is accelerating the implementation rates for the drinking water and sanitation project, noting that the new development projects provided a variety of job opportunities.

President Sisi inaugurated Thursday the first phase of the New Alamein City.



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

The city is located on an area of 48,000 feddans (49,824 acres) and is expected to be inhabited by more than 400,000 citizens.