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The '''New Urban Communities Authority''' ({{lang-ar|هيئة المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة}}) is an Egyptian [[state owned enterprise]] (SOE) affiliated to the [[Ministry of Housing (Egypt)|Ministry of Housing]]. Its headquarters are in [[Sheikh Zayed City]] in [[Greater Cairo]]. It was established in accordance with law No. 59/1979.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=About the Authority |url=http://www.newcities.gov.eg/english/aboutUs/About_Authority/default.aspx |website=newcities.gov.eg}}</ref> NUCA is tasked with developing [[Satellite city|new urban communities]] to redistribute the population of existing cities away from Egypt's [[Nile valley]] and [[Nile Delta|delta]], and into the [[desert]] in order to save [[agricultural land]] from being [[Urbanization|urbanized]].<ref name=":022">{{cite web |title=About the Authority |url=http://www.newcities.gov.eg/english/aboutUs/About_Authority/default.aspx |website=newcities.gov.eg}}</ref>
The '''New Urban Communities Authority''' ({{lang-ar|هيئة المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة}}) is an [[List of state-owned enterprises in Egypt|Egyptian state owned enterprise]] (SOE) established in 1979 and affiliated to the [[Ministry of Housing (Egypt)|Ministry of Housing]].<ref name="newcities">{{cite web |title=About the Authority |url=http://www.newcities.gov.eg/english/aboutUs/About_Authority/default.aspx |website=newcities.gov.eg}}</ref> It is the exclusive [[satellite city]] developer in Egypt, in addition to being Egypt's largest [[Real estate development|real estate developer]] and constructor of residential units.<ref name=":0" /> These activities resulted in [[revenue]] of LE 57bn in [[Financial year|FY]] 2019/2020, making it the third largest SOE after [[Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation|petroleum]] and the [[Suez Canal Authority|Suez Canal]].<ref name=":0" />


After four decades of working under a strict policy of desert development, NUCA's mandate was modified in 2018 allowing it to develop land and real estate projects on agricultural land and within existing cities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Law 1/2018 |url=https://cc.gov.eg/legislation_single?id=383237 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222134306/https://cc.gov.eg/legislation_single?id=383237 |archive-date=2022-12-22 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=Court of Cassation}}</ref>
NUCA was originally tasked with addressing [[Housing in Egypt|housing issues in Egypt]] by developing [[Planned community|new urban communities]] to redistribute the population of existing cities away from Egypt's [[Nile valley]] and [[Nile Delta|delta]], and into the [[desert]] in order to save [[agricultural land]] from being [[Urbanization|urbanized]].<ref name="newcities" /> But after four decades of working under a strict policy of desert development, NUCA's mandate was modified in 2018 allowing it to develop land and [[real estate]] projects on agricultural land and within existing cities.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2018 |title=Law 1/2018 |url=https://cc.gov.eg/legislation_single?id=383237 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222134306/https://cc.gov.eg/legislation_single?id=383237 |archive-date=2022-12-22 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=Court of Cassation}}</ref>


Since 1979, NUCA's main role is master developer of the 2.3&nbsp;million feddans (acres) of [[State land|state-owned land]] assigned to it over the years, subdividing it and laying [[Infrastructure|trunk infrastructure]], as well as constructing water and wastewater treatment plants, buildings for public schools, hospitals and government agencies. Through its city development agencies (jihaz tanmiyat al-madina), it sells land parcels to individuals and real estate developers for residential and other purposes.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=2018 |title=Law 59/1979 (including amendments thru 2018) |url=https://www.cc.gov.eg/legislation_single?id=424863 |journal=The Official Gazette}}</ref>
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==New communities==


NUCA is also the regulator of the new urban communities under its jurisdiction. Its chairman, the [[Ministry of Housing, Utilities & Urban Communities (Egypt)|Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities]] issues planning permits and oversees the communities, while the appointed city agency heads issue building permits and run the day-to-day affairs of functioning towns, as the new urban communities do not fall under regular [[Governorates of Egypt|local administration.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The New Urban Communities Authority - Tadamun |url=http://www.tadamun.co/?post_type=gov-entity&p=10150&amp;lang=en&lang=en#.Y6T5TsTMIoA |access-date=2022-12-23}}</ref> Its headquarters are in [[Sheikh Zayed City]] in [[Greater Cairo]].

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==New communities==
Over the course of forty years, NUCA built 20 new towns and satellite cities across Egypt. Since 2014, it started planning a new batch of 37 fourth-generation towns cities spread over around 167,000 feddans of land, where by 2021 17 were under construction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-29 |title=Building Egypt’s 4G cities |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/416262.aspx |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Ahramonline}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%"
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%"
! style="background:#5DADEC;" width="23%"| First Generation
! style="background:#5DADEC;" width="23%" | First Generation
! style="background:#;" width="12%"| 1977-1982
! style="background:#;" width="12%" | 1977–1982
| ''[[10th of Ramadan (city)|10th of Ramadan]] - [[New Borg El Arab]] - [[15th of May (city)|15th of May]] - [[New Damietta]] - [[6th of October (city)|6th of October]] – [[El Salheya El Gedida|New Salhia]] - [[Sadat (city)|Sadat]]''
| ''[[10th of Ramadan (city)|10th of Ramadan]] - [[New Borg El Arab]] - [[15th of May (city)|15th of May]] - [[New Damietta]] - [[6th of October (city)|6th of October]] – [[El Salheya El Gedida|New Salhia]] - [[Sadat (city)|Sadat]]''
|-
|-
! style="background:#8CBED6;" width="23%"| Second Generation
! style="background:#8CBED6;" width="23%" | Second Generation
! style="background:#;" width="12%"| 1982-2000
! style="background:#;" width="12%" | 1982–2000
| ''[[New Cairo]] - [[Sheikh Zayed City]] - [[Badr, Egypt|Badr]] – [[Obour (city)|Obour]] – [[New Beni Suef]] – [[New Minya]] - [[New Nubariya]] – [[El Shorouk]]''
| ''[[New Cairo]] - [[Sheikh Zayed City]] - [[Badr, Egypt|Badr]] – [[Obour (city)|Obour]] – [[New Beni Suef]] – [[New Minya]] - [[New Nubariya]] – [[El Shorouk]]''
|-
|-
! style="background:#BCD4E6;" width="23%"| Third Generation
! style="background:#BCD4E6;" width="23%" | Third Generation
! style="background:#;" width="12%"| 2000-2014
! style="background:#;" width="12%" | 2000–2014
| ''[[New Asyut]] – [[New Thebes|New Tiba]] – [[New Sohag]] – [[New Aswan]] – [[New Qena]] - [[New Faiyum]] – [[New Akhmim]]''
| ''[[New Asyut]] – [[New Thebes|New Tiba]] – [[New Sohag]] – [[New Aswan]] – [[New Qena]] - [[New Faiyum]] – [[New Akhmim]]''
|-
|-
! style="background:#E7FEFF;" width="23%"| Fourth Generation
! style="background:#E7FEFF;" width="23%" | Fourth Generation
! style="text-align:left" "background:#;" width="12%"| 2014-
! style="text-align:left" width="12%" "background:#;" | 2014-
| ''[[New Administrative Capital]] – [[New Alamein]] – [[New Mansoura]] – [[New Toshka]] – [[New Farafra]] – [[East Port Said]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=المشروعات القومية الكبرى|url=http://www.budget.gov.eg/pdf/2017/pdf4.pdf|website=الموازنة العامة للدولة|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref>
| ''Under construction: [[New Administrative Capital]] – [[New Alamein]] – [[New Mansoura]] – New Toshka – New Farafra – East Port Said, Strategic plans: Suez, New Rosetta, and New Beni Mazar, under planning: New Gerga, New Esna, and New Hurghada, [[New Nasser City]]''
|}
|}
New Communities not under NUCA's administration:
New Communities not under NUCA's administration:


[[Al Galala|New Galala City]]
[[Al Galala|New Galala City]]


== Real estate developer ==
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==External links==
In addition to its city developer role, NUCA acts as a real estate developer where it has recently built and sold over 77,000 for profit housing units such as the Sakan Masr and Dar Masr and Janna projects across Egypt, as well as skyscrapers in Maspero, the New Administrative Capital, and New Alamein.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-04-18 |title=Estimating the Size of Public Sector Real Estate in Egypt |url=https://marsadomran.info/en/2023/04/2950/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Built Environment Observatory |language=en-US}}</ref> According to a NUCA executive, they account for 28% of its income.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-26 |title=76 مليار جنيه إيرادات مستهدفة للمجتمعات العمرانية العام الحالي |url=https://hapijournal.com/2020/08/26/76-%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d9%86%d9%8a%d9%87-%d8%a5%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%af%d9%81%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%aa/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=جريدة حابي |language=ar}}</ref>
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* [http://www.newcities.gov.eg/english/default.aspx Official website]

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* [https://nuca.gov.eg/ Land and real estate sale portal] (unacessible in Egypt)
In addition to its in-house real estate development, NUCA, along with the [[Housing and Development Bank]] which it controls, owns a number of real estate developers:<ref name=":022">{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-04-18 |title=Estimating the Size of Public Sector Real Estate in Egypt |url=https://marsadomran.info/en/2023/04/2950/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Built Environment Observatory |language=en-US}}</ref>
*

* City Edge Developments (84%)
* Hyde Park Developments (78%)
* Saudi Egyptian Developers (50%)
* Administrative Capital for Urban Development - ACUD (The city developer of the [[New Administrative Capital]], 49%)

In 2024, NUCA and the [[Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company]] (ADQ), a [[sovereign wealth fund]] based in the [[United Arab Emirates]], signed a deal for the ADQ to invest $35 billion in developing [[Ras el-Hekma]] into a tourist resort.<ref name="national">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/2024/02/27/uaes-35bn-investment-to-develop-ras-al-hikma-provides-lifeline-for-egypts-economy/|title=UAE's $35bn investment to develop Ras Al Hekma provides lifeline for Egypt's economy|first=Kamal|last=Tabikha|date=February 27, 2024|website=The National}}</ref> The deal grants ADQ the right to develop 130 million square metres of land, and is the largest [[Foreign direct investment|foreign investment]] deal in Egypt's history.<ref name="national"/>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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==External links==
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* [http://www.newcities.gov.eg/english/default.aspx Official website]
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* [https://nuca.gov.eg/ Land and real estate sale portal] (Inaccessible in Egypt)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/http://www.urban-comm.gov.eg/index.asp Defunct archived website 2005-2013]


{{New towns in Egypt}}
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[[Category:Housing in Africa]]
[[Category:Housing in Africa]]
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Revision as of 20:47, 12 July 2024

"NUCA" redirects here. For other uses, see NUCA (disambiguation).

New Urban Communities Authority
هيئة المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة

NUCA headquarters, in Sheikh Zayed City.
Agency overview
Formed1979
JurisdictionGovernment of Egypt
HeadquartersSheikh Zayed City, Egypt
Agency executives
  • Abdel-Muttalib Mamdouh, Vice President
  • Engineer Gamal Talaat, Assistant Vice President
Parent AgencyMinistry of Housing
Websitewww.nuca.gov.eg
www.newcities.gov.eg

The New Urban Communities Authority (Arabic: هيئة المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة) is an Egyptian state owned enterprise (SOE) established in 1979 and affiliated to the Ministry of Housing.[1] It is the exclusive satellite city developer in Egypt, in addition to being Egypt's largest real estate developer and constructor of residential units.[2] These activities resulted in revenue of LE 57bn in FY 2019/2020, making it the third largest SOE after petroleum and the Suez Canal.[2]

NUCA was originally tasked with addressing housing issues in Egypt by developing new urban communities to redistribute the population of existing cities away from Egypt's Nile valley and delta, and into the desert in order to save agricultural land from being urbanized.[1] But after four decades of working under a strict policy of desert development, NUCA's mandate was modified in 2018 allowing it to develop land and real estate projects on agricultural land and within existing cities.[3]

Since 1979, NUCA's main role is master developer of the 2.3 million feddans (acres) of state-owned land assigned to it over the years, subdividing it and laying trunk infrastructure, as well as constructing water and wastewater treatment plants, buildings for public schools, hospitals and government agencies. Through its city development agencies (jihaz tanmiyat al-madina), it sells land parcels to individuals and real estate developers for residential and other purposes.[4]

NUCA is also the regulator of the new urban communities under its jurisdiction. Its chairman, the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities issues planning permits and oversees the communities, while the appointed city agency heads issue building permits and run the day-to-day affairs of functioning towns, as the new urban communities do not fall under regular local administration.[5] Its headquarters are in Sheikh Zayed City in Greater Cairo.

New communities

Over the course of forty years, NUCA built 20 new towns and satellite cities across Egypt. Since 2014, it started planning a new batch of 37 fourth-generation towns cities spread over around 167,000 feddans of land, where by 2021 17 were under construction.[6]

First Generation 1977–1982 10th of Ramadan - New Borg El Arab - 15th of May - New Damietta - 6th of October – New Salhia - Sadat
Second Generation 1982–2000 New Cairo - Sheikh Zayed City - Badr – Obour – New Beni Suef – New Minya - New Nubariya – El Shorouk
Third Generation 2000–2014 New Asyut – New Tiba – New Sohag – New Aswan – New Qena - New Faiyum – New Akhmim
Fourth Generation 2014- Under construction: New Administrative Capital – New Alamein – New Mansoura – New Toshka – New Farafra – East Port Said, Strategic plans: Suez, New Rosetta, and New Beni Mazar, under planning: New Gerga, New Esna, and New Hurghada, New Nasser City

New Communities not under NUCA's administration:

New Galala City

Real estate developer

In addition to its city developer role, NUCA acts as a real estate developer where it has recently built and sold over 77,000 for profit housing units such as the Sakan Masr and Dar Masr and Janna projects across Egypt, as well as skyscrapers in Maspero, the New Administrative Capital, and New Alamein.[2] According to a NUCA executive, they account for 28% of its income.[7]

In addition to its in-house real estate development, NUCA, along with the Housing and Development Bank which it controls, owns a number of real estate developers:[8]

  • City Edge Developments (84%)
  • Hyde Park Developments (78%)
  • Saudi Egyptian Developers (50%)
  • Administrative Capital for Urban Development - ACUD (The city developer of the New Administrative Capital, 49%)

In 2024, NUCA and the Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ), a sovereign wealth fund based in the United Arab Emirates, signed a deal for the ADQ to invest $35 billion in developing Ras el-Hekma into a tourist resort.[9] The deal grants ADQ the right to develop 130 million square metres of land, and is the largest foreign investment deal in Egypt's history.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "About the Authority". newcities.gov.eg.
  2. ^ a b c "Estimating the Size of Public Sector Real Estate in Egypt". Built Environment Observatory. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Law 1/2018". Court of Cassation. 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Law 59/1979 (including amendments thru 2018)". The Official Gazette. 2018.
  5. ^ "The New Urban Communities Authority - Tadamun". Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Building Egypt's 4G cities". Ahramonline. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. ^ "76 مليار جنيه إيرادات مستهدفة للمجتمعات العمرانية العام الحالي". جريدة حابي (in Arabic). 26 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Estimating the Size of Public Sector Real Estate in Egypt". Built Environment Observatory. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b Tabikha, Kamal (27 February 2024). "UAE's $35bn investment to develop Ras Al Hekma provides lifeline for Egypt's economy". The National.
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