New Cairo

New Cairo is a new satellite city of Cairo^[1]. Located in what was formerly desert, the master plan was created in 2001 by a Boston firm. It is the home of the new campus of the American University in Cairo, as well as the German University in Cairo, the Future University in Egypt (FUE) and the Canadian International College (CIC). New Cairo has been a means of escape for many from Egypt's upper-middle and upper classes from the noise and pollution of Cairo. Many of the residences are luxury villas and condominiums located in housing developments and gated communities.

Neighborhoods

El Shrouq City is one luxury project established in New Cairo. With its clean roads the area has attracted many residential and commercial inhabitants. Among the many successful projects of El Shrouq City are Mayfair, Shrouq 2000, Beverly Hills and Wadi el Misk. Many of the Villas and mansions in these projects have prices in the multi-million Egyptian pound range, with a minimum cost of 2.5 million Egyptian pounds. Two schools are located in El Shrouq City: The British Columbian Canadian International School, and the British School of El Shrouq. Both schools are new and making their mark in Egypt's educational system, especially the BCCIS. A new British curriculum school is under construction in Madinaty City and scheduled to open in September 2010. the British School Madinaty will be operated by its sister school The British School Al Rehab but offer an international dimension including English courses for non speakers to allow them to access the school.^[2][3]

Rehab City is another project in New Cairo. Rehab City has many shopping malls as well as a cinema complex. Real estate giants the Talaat Mostafa Group developed Rehab City as well as Madinaty and Mayfair.

Many future projects have been planned in New Cairo, the biggest and most expensive being Madinaty, which is adjacent to El Shrouq City. When completed in 2011, Madinaty will double the current population of New Cairo.

Because of the rapid growth of population in New Cairo an expansion to the Suez desert road will occur in early 2009.^{[dated info]}

Weather

One of the advantages of New Cairo is that its weather is much cooler than downtown Cairo, approximately 5 degrees Celsius lower.^{[citation needed]} This makes New Cairo only slightly hot during summer, and quite cold during winter, when highs reach an average of around 14 degrees and lows around 1 degree. Frost is a regular winter phenomenon in New Cairo.^{[citation needed]} Heavy fog is also common. Low winter temperatures are due in part to the altitude of new Cairo, which ranges between 250 meters and 350 meters above sea level. A rapid cooling at night which is characteristic of desert environments also occurs in New Cairo. The contrast to Cairo is also exaggerated due to Cairo's urban heat island effect.

See also

• 6th of October City

References

1. ^ "To Catch Cairo Overflow, 2 Megacities Rise in Sand" article by Thanassis Cambanis in The New York Times August 24, 2010, accessed August 25, 2010
2. ^ The British School—Al Rehab, retrieved February 13, 2011
3. ^ The British International School Madinaty, retrieved February 13, 2011

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