Shorouk City

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Shorouk City is a planned satellite city on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, developed to accommodate population growth and reduce congestion in the capital.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
El Shorouk City 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf planned city
satellite city
administrativeDivision New Urban Communities Authority
surface form: New Urban Communities
belongsToUrbanRegion Greater Cairo metropolitan area
surface form: Cairo metropolitan area
climate hot desert climate
continent Africa
country Egypt
countryCapitalProximity outskirts of Cairo
developmentType government-planned city
educationFacilityType schools
universities
governingBody New Urban Communities Authority
hasFunction commercial area
educational hub
industrial area
residential area
housingType apartment complexes
villas and gated communities
infrastructureFeature planned road network
public services and utilities
zoned industrial areas
zoned residential districts
languageMajority Arabic
locatedIn Cairo Governorate
locatedInDesert Eastern Desert of Egypt
locatedNear Cairo
nationalContext new towns program of Egypt
surface form: Egyptian new urban communities program
officialLanguage Arabic
planningAuthority Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities of Egypt
surface form: Egyptian Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities
populationRole absorbing overflow from central Cairo
purpose accommodate population growth
reduce congestion in Cairo
region Greater Cairo metropolitan area
surface form: Greater Cairo
similarTo 6th of October City
New Cairo
Shubra El Kheima
surface form: Obour City
timeZone Eastern European Time
transportConnection Cairo–Ismailia Desert Road
Regional Ring Road
urbanForm low- to medium-density development
urbanPlanningGoal decentralization of Cairo
expansion of Greater Cairo eastward
urbanPlanningType new town
utcOffset +2
utcOffsetDST +3
writingSystem Arabic script

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Cairo Governorate contains Shorouk City
this entity surface form: El Shorouk City
Badr City hasNearbyCity Shorouk City