New Borg El Arab

New Borg El Arab
برج العرب الجديدة
Borg El Arab El Gedīda
New Borg El Arab

Location in Egypt

Coordinates: 30°50′56″N 29°36′42″E / 30.84889°N 29.61167°E / 30.84889; 29.61167Coordinates: 30°50′56″N 29°36′42″E / 30.84889°N 29.61167°E / 30.84889; 29.61167
Country  Egypt
Governorate Alexandria
Founded 1979[1]
Government
 • city manager Ahmed El Desoky
Area
 • Total 74 sq mi (191 km2)
Population (2011)
 • Total 150,230
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
Post code 21934

New Borg El Arab (Arabic: برج العرب الجديدة‎‎ Borg El Arab El Gedīda) is a city in the Alexandria Governorate that covers an area of roughly 191 km2 . It is 48 km south-west of central Alexandria, and 3 km south of Borg El Arab, and 7 km Mediterranean Coast and International Coastal Road. New Borg El Arab is one of the new cities, which have been built, in Alexandria Governorate to alleviate the congestion in downtown Alexandria. It was established in the year 1979 by presidential decree number 506.[2]

Its Divided administratively into 13 Neighbourhood, Its includes many of the schools, nurseries, universities, banks Special area, technological area and many of sports clubs such as Smouha SC, Al Ittihad Alexandria Club and Alexandria Sporting Club -under construction-. Its also includes five Industrial parks, includes about 1240 producing factories with 9.853 billion pounds as an investment capital.[3]

Geography

New Borg El Arab is located in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, at latitude 30° 50' 56" North, longitude 29° 36' 42" East, bounded on the north by Borg El Arab city, on the east Borg El Arab Airport, on the west El Hamam in the Matrouh Governorate and on the south Amreya.

Administrative division

New Borg El Arab city Divided administratively into 13 Neighbourhood, Divided in turn into adjacent, blocks, and Pieces.

Infrastructure

Health

Al Salam Royal Hospital

New Borg El Arab city includes many of hospitals and medical centers such as:

Education

Egypt-Japan University buildings

New Borg El Arab city includes many of the nurseries, schools and universities such as:

Water & Sewage

New Borg El Arab is fed with drinking water by the purification plant at km 40 Cairo–Alexandria desert road, and about sewage a treatment plant with the capacity of 36 thousand m3/day has been implemented, and the first phase of a treatment plant with the capacity of 115 thousand m3/day is being implemented.

Transportation

Public buses and minibus operates along well-known traffic arteries. The routes can be identified by both their endpoints and the route between them:

Religion

Sattar Latif Mosque

There are several mosques in New Borg El Arab city, such as:

and one church in the Second Neighbourhood.

Photo gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.newcities.gov.eg/know_cities/Borg_%20Arab/(1).aspx
  2. ↑ "New Urban Communities Authority Portal". New Cities Government of Egypt. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Industry sector in new borg el arab". New Cities Government of Egypt. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

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