Egypt has completed 75 percent of the third residential district in the country's new administrative capital, its Housing Minister Assem al-Gazzar announced on Tuesday. "We are currently executing 24,130 housing units in the new capital's third residential district, which is spanning over 1,000 feddans," al-Gazzar further said. The new homes will include 697 residential buildings, 19,944 housing units, 328 villas of 328 units, 157 townhouses of 624 units, and 64 mixed-residential buildings of 2,560 units, the minister added. They will also include 103,488 commercial and administrative buildings, and 9 mixed-used buildings of 674 units. In addition, the Ministry of Housing has accomplished 25 percent of the new capital's fifth residential district, which will encompass 295 residential buildings, 105 villas, 175 town and twin houses, and 11 mixed-residential towers, al-Gazzar said. Located 45km (28 miles) east of Cairo over 170,000 feddans, the anticipated new capital city is part of the Egyptian government's plan to expand urban areas to deal with the state's rapid population growth and improve the nation's infrastructure. The new city is set to be a 270-square-mile hub with 21 residential districts to accommodate five million people. It will feature 1,250 mosques and churches as well as 5,000-seat conference centre, nearly 2,000 schools and colleges, over 600 medical facilities, and a park that is projected to be the world's largest.
