1- Location
It was established by Presidential decree (506/1979).It is 60 Km far from Alexandria and 7 Km far from North Coast .
2- General plan
The total area of the city is 47.403 thousand acres of which 30 thousand acres are built up area (Residential areas - services - industrial -tourism and recreation ....) .
3- Housing sector
The total number of housing units is 25150 of which
9473 implemented by New Urban Communities Authority ,
9485 implemented by private sector and
6192 implemented by Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces.
- The total number of housing units being implemented is 27934 of which
3216 implemented by New Urban Communities Authority ,
3984 ( social housing ) by Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces ,
280 ( Japanese University ) and
20454 ( national housing ) by private sector.
Build your own house:
Total number of plots in the city is 1917 of which 1796 have been provided .
Population:
Current : 150 thousand inhabitants
Target : 750 thousand inhabitants
4- Services sector
The number of service buildings implemented by New Urban Communities Authority is 80 :
9 schools
8 hospitals and medical centers
5 commercial services
4 mosques
14 social services
23 public services
17 educational & services by the armed forces
* In addition to 82 buildings implemented by other authorities
( 2 railway stations – Azhar institute – central security camp – A building of Justice Ministry – traffic department building – scientific research city – gas company building ) and
74 by private sector.
5- Utilities and infrastructure sector Drinking water:
-The city is fed with drinking water by the purification plant at kilo 40 Cairo/ Alexandria desert road .
-Length of finished networks: 655.913 km.
Sanitation:
- A treatment plant with the capacity of 36 thousand m3 / day has been implemented .
-The first phase of a treatment plant with the capacity of 115 thousand m3 / day is being implemented.
-Length of finished networks: 425.127 km.
Electricity:
-3 transformer stations with the capacity of 325 M. F. A have been finished.
-Length of finished networks: 2334 km.
Roads and communications:
-Length of finished road networks: 581 km. -Length of finished communication networks: 437 km.
Agriculture:
It includes cultivation of green areas and forestation of roads .
6- Industry sector
-There are 1271 producing factories with 1.72 billion pounds as an investment capital, with an annual production of 10.47 billion pounds which provided 100.2 thousand jobs paying 318.7 million pounds annually.
7- Investments ( until 31/3/2015 )
3.3 billion pounds including:
- Housing sector : 660.3 million pounds - Utilities sector : 2.8billion pounds - Services sector : 217.9 million pounds - Agriculture sector : 23.6 million pounds
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