1-Location 

It was established by presidential decree (197/2000). It lies north of the Nile  8 Km far from Qena  city .

2- General plan

The total area of ​​the city  is 24.2 thousand acres of which 7.618 acres are built up area (Residential areas – services- industrial -tourism and recreation ....) .

3- Housing sector

-  1548 housing units have been implemented   by Central Development Authority  and 141 are being  implemented by private sector.

Phase 1 : 16 Buildings finished & 5 buildings under construction

Phase 2 : 56 Buildings finished & 21 buildings under construction

Phase 3 : 56 Buildings finished & 20 buildings under construction

Phase 5 : 90 buildings under construction

Population:

Target     :  130  thousand  inhabitants

4- Services sector

-A security  building , (2) Health Unit , an   administrative building ,2 markets ,  and 2    health centers have been implemented   . 39 buildings , a school in the 1st district , playground in the 2nd district and a health unit , a nursery in the national housing project of 81 buildings.. Police Department, ambulance .. a nursery for serving (30) buildings .. (3) main gates..

5- Utilities and infrastructure sector

Drinking water:

-  A drinking water  network   ( 25.8 km ) has been  implemented.

-  Urgent Nutrition business drinking water in the city by 7 km

Irrigation water :

-  An  irrigation water  network   ( 9.1 km ) has been  implemented.

- Finished irrigation water network by 14.6 km in the valley

Sanitation :

-Length of finished networks: 25.8 km. ( Urgent phase )

- Main uplifting station by power of 750 , and a subsidiary uplifting station by power of 300..

- Finished sanitation networks in the club area by 6.55 km

Electricity:

-Length of finished networks: 58 km.

-Urgent feeding for the city has been finished from Qena station  .

- lighting the ring road & Qena – Safaga road by length of 25.5 km costing 6.3 million

Roads:

- Finished the ring road by length of 14 km & the urgent phase by 13.5

- ending phase one Floads riskiness

- building 7 dams for protecting the city from floods danger

- Continuing the ring road (M 1-1) ( M1-2 ) & the buildings of national housing projects ..

- phase two of the urgent roads by length o 13.5

-Length of finished road networks: 13.5 km.
-The ring road  has been  implemented .

6- Investments

2.9 Billion pounds including:

- Housing sector         : 1.2    Billion pounds
- Utilities sector           : 1.5  million pounds
- Services  sector        : 346    million pounds
- Agriculture sector      : 13.4    million pound