Cairo became crowded: Egypt will soon have a new capital

This amazing city has been the center of various states for centuries and has experienced a lot during its development. But Cairo of our days with its huge population, many industrial enterprises and kilometer-long traffic jams does not fit into the concept of the modern capital of Egypt. The area of the metropolitan metropolitan area, in which more than 20 million Egyptians live (and this is 1/5 of the country's total population), is increasing every year, and the suburbs have already come close to the famous pyramids in Giza and the Sphinx statue.

Especially in order to unload the overpopulated Cairo, near the village of New Cairo was founded. Some state and public institutions moved here, but, alas, this did not solve the existing capital problems - the city continued to grow. However, in the near future, the capital of Egypt will be a new city, which is being built in the desert, east of Cairo. This project promises to become one of the most ambitious construction projects in Africa, and the future capital will serve as an incentive for the development of this sparsely populated region of the country.

The new settlement of the Arab Republic of Egypt was named Vedian, which means "river valleys". In fact, the place for the future capital is located in the heart of the desert, near the highway leading to the port city of Suez, and there are no major rivers in this region. According to the leadership of the country, the new capital should not only be the personification of a new Egypt, keeping up to date, but also serve as a link between Cairo and the port of Suez, which should have a positive economic effect.

It is assumed that no more than 7 million people will live in the new city, and the first immigrants will be members of the republican government and members of their families. Initially, the city was planned as a political and administrative center of the country, as well as a place of concentration of business centers and banks. But it is possible that over time the city will step over the quota allocated to it, and its population will also begin to grow rapidly.

Egypt is not the first country that decided to transfer the capital to another city. Most often this is done in order to get rid of the accumulated environmental, infrastructural and territorial problems of overpopulated capitals, sometimes for political or economic reasons. In any case, such transfers of capitals require significant financial costs, because most often they build a new city from scratch or in the conditions of underdeveloped provinces. This happened with the new capital Vedian - opponents of the transfer of the administrative center point to a huge estimate of $ 45 billion, which could become an unbearable burden for the country's budget. Nevertheless, construction is in full swing, and a grand Christian Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ and the equally impressive mosque al-Fattah al-Alim have already been erected in the future capital. Relocation of key public services is planned for 2019.