Location

It was established by Cabinet decree (235/1982). It lies along Cairo/ Suez road .It is 47 Km far from  Cairo.

 General plan

The total area of the city  is 18.5 thousand acres of which

 14.2 thousand acres built up area   

Residential areas - Housing areas 7708

Industrial areas 2200 acres

Service  areas  3700 acres

Green Areas  4945 acres

Regional areas under construction 3000 acres  services -  industrial -tourism and recreation ....) . 4.3 thousand

 Housing sector

Housing plots :

- The total number of residential land in the city is about 22738 plots of land. :

Social housing 6160.

 Family housing 711.

The Medium housing is 2591

. Distinctive housing 8879.

Ebny baitak 2873.

 Housing Villas 981.

Beit el watan  543

Housing units:

The total number of   housing units is  67094

30000   implemented  by New Urban Communities Authority 

 5080 implemented  by  the state authorities

580  Villas

8728 by private sector  .

Social housing:

51792  total

-239 buildings ( 5736  housing units) are being implemented and received by the owners .

-209 buildings ( 5016  housing units) are being implemented by Armed Forces.

- 244 buildings (5856 housing units ) have been technically  opened .

Medium Housing

Finishing phase one from the project of 22 building and total 528 units

Currently working on phase two 47 buildings & 1128

Population:

Current   :  160 thousand  inhabitants

Target     :  650 thousand  inhabitants

 Services sector

Educational

10   schools

4    under construction

5    received the land without starting construction

2     Universities ( Russian & Badr )

2   Universities didn't work yet

11. Health services:

1 University Hospital

3 Medical Centers

3 Health Units

1 Medical center in the 2nd district

1 ambulance center

1 health unit under construction in the 5th districts

10 Security Service

1 police station

4 fire distinguishing

1 Police facilities Office

1 Police reconstruction

2 police stations didn't work yet ( 1st district & economical district )

4) Transport & Service

The city was linked by 4 public transport lines

Working  2 internal transmission line to serve the city

   5 Sport service

1 health center

4 opened play ground

2 football play ground

6 Supplying service

20 port for distributing bread

2 stall selling fresh meat

5 baladi bakries

7 Religious service

29 mosques 14 under construction

1 church

8 Buisness Services

374 stores total

8 markets of 134 stores

In addition  to  20  buildings implemented and 9 being implemented  by private sector.

Utilities and infrastructure sector

Drinking water:

-The city is fed with drinking water  by 10 th Ramadan purification plant with the capacity of 70 thousand m3 / day and .Providing the city with a water line  with the capacity of 50 thousand m3 / day from  Shorouk   City  has been finished .

-Length of  finished  water  networks:  129.52 km.

-Length of finished irrigation networks:  120.637 km

Sanitation:

- Oxidation ponds   with the   capacity of 26 thousand m3 / day has been   upgraded   to 40 thousand m3 / day.

-The triple treatment plant has been  implemented.

-Length of finished networks: 1100. km.

Electricity:

-  A transformer station with the capacity of 100 M. F. A has been   finished.

- Length of finished networks: 2347 km.

Roads and communications:

- A radio telephone feeding station (CDMA )  and a communication center ( 6000 lines ) have been   implemented.

* The implementation of road networks with a length of 385 km.

Industry Sector: -

The number of producing factories is 564 with an invested capital of LE 713.3 million with an annual output of 3.35 billion pounds, which provided 13507 jobs with an annual wage of 70 million pounds.

The number of factories under construction 501 factories with an investment capital estimated at 467 million pounds and an annual production value of 403 million pounds will provide 9938 job opportunities with an annual wage of 29 million pounds.

Investments

- Total investments from the start of the city 1982 to 2014 amounted to 2.4 billion pounds

Investments for the year 2014/2015 LE 1.1 billion

Investments for the year 2015/2016 LE 1.2 billion

Investments in 2016/2017 2.6 billion pounds

Investments in 2017/2018 3.8 billion pounds