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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
El Shorouk City