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The city was planned to consist of a government administrative district, a diplomatic quarter, a cultural district (opera and theatres), a central business district (CBD), parks (the 'green river'), and 21 residential districts.{{Cite web |date=nd |title=The New Administrative Capital |url=https://mhuc.gov.eg/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities |language=Ar}} The NAC is being built in stages, initially over the space of 170,000 feddans (714 km²/ 270 sq mi), which later grew to 223,383 feddans (907 km²).{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-04-23 |title=(Re)Defining the Greater Cairo Region |url=https://marsadomran.info/en/2024/04/3265/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=The Built Environment Observatory |language=en-US}} Phase 1 (2016 – ), covering over 40,000 feddans - or less than a quarter of the land allocated for the city, holds all government, parliamentary, judicial and presidential buildings, as well as the CBD and residential districts. Plans for Phase II were mulled to start 2024,{{Cite web |title=NAC to break ground on second phase by 3Q 2024 at the latest |url=https://enterprise.news/egypt/en/news/story/8a8f275b-b912-42c2-bf34-0a6c65cbe46f/new-capital-to-break-ground-on-second-phase-by-3q-2024-at-the-latest |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Enterprise |language=en}} but the further 40,000 feddan expansion has been delayed to 2026.{{Cite web |last=sarakhairy |date=2024-03-17 |title=Construction of Egypt's Administrative Capital phase two to start in 2025 |url=https://www.big5constructegypt.com/construction-of-egypts-administrative-capital-phase-two-to-start-in-2025/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Big 5 Construct Egypt |language=en-US}}

Some amenities planned for the city are a central park,{{cite news |last=Kingsley |first=Patrick |date=16 March 2015 |title=A new New Cairo: Egypt plans £30bn purpose-built capital in desert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/mar/16/new-cairo-egypt-plans-capital-city-desert |newspaper=The Guardian}} artificial lakes,{{cite web |date=13 March 2015 |title=First Glimpse At Egypt's New Capital City |url=http://egyptianstreets.com/2015/03/13/first-glimpse-at-egypts-new-capital-city/}} around 2,000 educational institutions, technology and innovation park, 18 hospitals, 1,250 mosques and churches, a 93,440-seat stadium, 40,000 hotel rooms, a major theme park four times the size of Disneyland, 90 square kilometres of solar energy farms and electric railway link with Cairo.{{cite news |date=21 March 2015 |title=Thinking big |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21646806-another-egyptian-leader-falls-false-promise-grand-projects-thinking-big}}{{Cite web |title=Egypt Unveils Plan for Dubai-Style Desert Capital |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/egypt-unveils-plan-for-dubai-style-desert-capital/ |website=Vice.com|date=15 March 2015 }}{{cite news |date=14 March 2015 |title=Egyptian government reveals plans to build new capital city east of Cairo |work=ABC News |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-14/egyptian-government-reveals-plans-to-build-new-capital/6320144}}

It is being built as a smart city with over 6,000 cameras monitoring the streets and along with this authorities will be using AI to monitor water use and waste management, and residents will be able to submit complaints into a mobile app.{{Cite web |title=Egypt plans high-tech leap with 'smart city' design in new capital |url=https://thearabweekly.com/egypt-plans-high-tech-leap-smart-city-design-new-capital |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=AW |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Declan |last2=Yee |first2=Vivian |date=2022-10-08 |title=A New Capital Worthy of the Pharaohs Rises in Egypt, but at What Price? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/world/middleeast/egypt-new-administrative-capital.html |access-date=2023-03-13 |issn=0362-4331}}

It was originally planned that parliament, presidential palaces, government ministries and foreign embassies would be moved into the city between 2020 and 2022, but due to construction delays and COVID-19 the move of over 30,000 government employees was delayed to March 2023.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-15 |title=ACUD Says 22 Foreign Embassies Requested Moving to NAC {{!}} INVEST-GATE |url=https://invest-gate.me/news/acud-says-22-foreign-embassies-requested-moving-to-nac/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=invest-gate.me |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-09-18 |title=30 countries will move their embassies to Egypt's New Administrative Capital |url=https://egyptindependent.com/30-countries-will-move-their-embassies-to-egypts-new-administrative-capital/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Egypt Independent |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Employees move into NAC, egypt march - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Employees+move+into+NAC,+egypt+march |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=www.google.com}} By 5 May 2023, 14 ministries and government entities had relocated to the New Administrative Capital.{{Cite web |title=14 ministries and government entities have relocated to the New Administrative Capital - Urban & Transport - Egypt |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1235/500121/Egypt/Urban--Transport/-ministries-and-government-entities-have-relocated.aspx |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Ahram Online}} In April 2, 2024, president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's swearing in in front of Parliament for a third term in office, officially inaugurated the city as the new seat of government.{{Cite web |title=Initiating the new capital - Egypt - Al-Ahram Weekly |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/50/520396/AlAhram-Weekly/Initiating-the-new-capital.aspx |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Ahram Online}}

It is expected to cost over US$100 million to move the government from Cairo to NAC but a full cost and timeline for the overall project has not yet been revealed.{{Cite news |date=2021-03-17 |title=Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-new-capital-idUSKBN2B91X3 |access-date=2023-03-13}}

Feedback on former experiences of capital relocation was looked at, for instance by meeting with representatives from Astana, which replaced Almaty as the capital city of Kazakhstan in 1997.{{Cite web |last=Kunafin |first=Daniyar |date=2016-03-15 |title=Египет перенимает опыт Астаны по переносу столицы |trans-title=Egypt takes over the experience of Astana for transferring capital |url=https://www.zakon.kz/redaktsiia-zakonkz/4780451-egipet-perenimaet-opyt-astany-po.html |access-date= |website=zakon.kz |language=ru}}

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When the project was officially announced in March 2015, it was revealed that the Egyptian military had already begun building a road from Cairo to the site of the future capital.

The proposed builder of the city was Capital City Partners, a private real estate investment firm led by Emirati businessman Mohamed Alabbar.

But in September 2015, Egypt cancelled the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Alabbar during the March economic summit, since they did not make any progress with the proposed plans.{{cite web |date=7 September 2015 |title=Egypt cancels MoU with UAE's AlAbbar to develop administrative capital |url=http://www.thecairopost.com/news/166358/business/egypt-cancels-mou-with-uaes-alabbar-to-develop-administrative-capital}}

In the same month Egypt signed a new MoU with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to "study building and financing" the administrative part of the new capital, which will include ministries, government agencies and the president's office.{{Cite news |date=7 September 2015 |title=Egypt signs deal with China Construction to build, finance, part of new capital |newspaper=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/egypt-china-financing-idUSL5N11D1W720150907 |via=www.reuters.com}} However, CSCEC signed agreements with Egyptian authorities in 2017 to only develop the CBD.{{cite web |date=2 April 2016 |title=Construction of Egypt's New Capital City Kicks Off |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2016/04/02/construction-of-egypts-new-capital-city-kicks-off/ |publisher=Egyptian Streets}}{{cite web |date=22 July 2017 |title=Egypt's construction sector offers rewards but risks also high |url=https://www.thenational.ae/business/egypt-s-construction-sector-offers-rewards-but-risks-also-high-1.613205 |publisher=The National}}{{Cite news |date=12 October 2017 |title=Chinese firm finalizes deal for building huge business district in Egypt's new capital |work=People's Daily |url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/1012/c90000-9278780.html |access-date=14 January 2018}}{{Cite news |date=19 Mar 2018 |title=Egypt's prime minister breaks ground on new capital's $3 billion business district |work=Al-Ahram |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/293096/Business/Economy/Egypts-prime-minister-breaks-ground-on-new-capital.aspx |access-date=2018-03-25}}

This left the Egyptian government to finance and manage most of the construction, setting up the Administrative Capital Urban Development Company (ACUD) on 21 April 2016, an Egyptian state owned enterprise (SOE) whose major shareholders are the Ministry of Defense (National Service Products Organisation and the Armed Forces Land Projects Authority) holding 51% by in-kind contribution of the land, and the Ministry of Housing's New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), holding 49% of the shares via capital injection of EGP 20bn (US$2.2bn in 2016) and an authorised capital of EGP 204bn (US$22bn).{{Cite book |url=https://www.ecrg.de/en/investment-opportunities |title=Brochure |publisher=Administrative Capital for Urban Development |date=2019-11-27}}{{Cite web |date=2017-10-16 |title=Egypt to move Presidency HQ to New Administrative Capital by 2019 |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/27816/Egypt-to-move-Presidency-HQ-to-New-Administrative-Capital-by |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=EgyptToday}}{{Cite journal |date=2016-02-08 |title=Presidential Decree 57/2016 Assigning the land of the New Administrative Capital and the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Urban Community as areas of new urban communities |url=https://www.cc.gov.eg/i/l/364453.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322131455/https://www.cc.gov.eg/i/l/364453.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2022 |journal=The Official Gazette |volume=5 bis |issue=59 |pages=3–7 }}

ACUD manages the planning, subdivision, infrastructure construction and sale of land parcels in conjenction with the New Administrative Capital Development Authority affiliated to NUCA,{{Cite web |date=2021-07-01 |title=Egypt's New Administrative Capital can be home to 6.5M citizens: official |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/105586/Egypt-s-New-Administrative-Capital-can-be-home-to-6 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=EgyptToday}} as the latter does with its other new towns.

State-owned construction company Arab Contractors was called for constructing the water supply and sewage lines to the new capital.{{Cite web |title=New Administrative Capital {{!}} The Arab Contractors |url=https://www.arabcont.com/English/project-552 |access-date=2019-12-01 |website=www.arabcont.com}}

In January 2019, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated a large-scale mosque and a cathedral.{{cite web |date=6 January 2019 |title=Egypt's Sisi opens mega-mosque and Middle East's largest cathedral in New Capital |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-religion/egypts-sisi-opens-mega-mosque-and-middle-easts-largest-cathedral-in-new-capital-idUSKCN1P00L9 |work=Reuters}}

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Al-Fattah al-Aleem is a Sunni mosque with indoor and outdoor space for 17,000 worshipers, in addition to two Quran memorization houses for men and women and a library.{{Cite web |title=Al Fatah Al Aleem Mosque {{!}} The Arab Contractors |url=https://www.arabcont.com/english/project-573 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=www.arabcont.com}}

The Islamic Cultural Center (Grand Mosque) is the largest mosque in Africa. The mosque is built in the Mamluk style and is on a hill overlooking the New Administrative Capital. It is the largest of mosque in Egypt and third largest in the Middle East.

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The Nativity of Christ is a Coptic Orthodox cathedral that can accommodate more than 8,000 worshippers. It is considered the largest of its kind in Egypt and the Middle East.

"The green Nile" as the Egyptians called it while it was being made.

The Green River Park (also known as Capital Park) is an urban park planned to extend along the entirety of the new capital, representing the Nile river. It is expected to be {{Convert|35|km|miles|abbr=}} long, aiming to be double the size of New York's Central Park. The initial phase of the park will be of about the first {{Convert|10|km|mi|abbr=}} and is under construction.{{Cite web|title=The construction of the 35-km Green River in the Egyptian New Administrative capital|url=https://worldarchitecture.org/article-links/eccvp/the-construction-of-the-35km-green-river-in-the-egyptian-new-administrative-capital.html|website=World Architecture Community|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Central Park in Egypt's New Administrative Capital among the largest in the world|url=https://egyptindependent.com/central-park-in-egypts-new-administrative-capital-among-the-largest-in-the-world/|website=Egypt Independent|date=21 October 2020 |language=en-US}}

The Octagon (State's Strategic Leadership Centre) is Egypt's new Ministry of Defense headquarters. The complex is considered the largest of its kind in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world, much like the Pentagon in the United States of America.{{Cite web|title=Egypt's New Ministry Of Defense "Octagon" Complex Looks Like An Alien Base From Space|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29762/egypts-new-octagon-ministry-of-defense-complex-looks-like-an-alien-base-from-space|website=The Drive|date=11 September 2019 }}{{Cite web|title=President El-Sisi Visits State's Strategic Leadership Center in New Administrative Capital|url=https://www.presidency.eg/en/قسم-الأخبار/أخبار-رئاسية/الرئيس-عبد-الفتاح-السيسي-يقوم-بزيارة-مقر-مركز-قيادة-الدولة-الاستراتيجي-بالعاصمة-الإدارية-الجديدة-15-11-2020/|website=www.presidency.eg}}

The Capital International Airport is the airport for Egypt's new capital, intended to relieve pressure on Cairo International Airport, serving Cairo, and the Sphinx International Airport, near the Giza Pyramids, serving Giza.{{Cite news|title=Egypt opens new international airport for trial period|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-airport-idUSKCN1U5279}}{{Cite web|title=Egypt: Greater Cairo has two new airports|url=https://north-africa.com/2020/06/egypt-cairo-has-two-new-airports/|website=The North Africa Journal|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=30 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130211116/https://north-africa.com/2020/06/egypt-cairo-has-two-new-airports/|url-status=dead}}

A whole "city/village" built as a sports complex for the country's possible bids for international sporting events, particularly the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup with more than 22 sporting facilities, one of which is the fourth biggest football stadium in the world. The Misr Stadium (also known as Sports City Stadium) opened in 2024 with a capacity of over 93,900 people; it is the largest stadium in Egypt and the second largest in Africa. The stadium is expected to replace the Cairo International Stadium as the new national stadium.{{Cite web|title=New design: Colossus in Egypt's new administrative capital – StadiumDB.com|url=http://stadiumdb.com/news/2021/07/new_design_colossus_in_egypts_new_administrative_capital|access-date=2022-02-11|website=stadiumdb.com}}{{Cite web|title=Sisi inspects Egypt Int'l City for Olympic Games in new capital|url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/153019/Sisi-inspects-Egypt-Int'l-City-for-Olympic-Games-in-new-capital?lang=en-us|website=State Information Service}}

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Over 30 skyscrapers are under construction, including the Iconic Tower, set to be Egypt and Africa's largest skyscraper.{{Cite web |title=Construction Begins on Iconic Tower |url=https://www.ctbuh.org/news/construction-begins-on-iconic-tower |website=The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat}}

{{Cite web |title=العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة |trans-title=New Administrative Capital |url=http://www.mhuc.gov.eg/Programs/Index/132 |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=Ministry of Housing, Utilities & Urban Communities |language=ar |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206225740/http://www.mhuc.gov.eg/Programs/Index/132 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|title=Chinese firm finalizes deal for building huge business district in Egypt's new capital - People's Daily Online|url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/1012/c90000-9278780.html|access-date=2021-08-19|website=en.people.cn}}{{Cite web|title=Central Business District at the New Administrative Capital|url=https://www.dar.com/work/project/central-business-district-at-the-new-administrative-capital|access-date=2021-08-19|website=www.dar.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-08-02|title=Egypt's new administrative capital project timeline and what you need to know|url=https://constructionreviewonline.com/project-timelines/egypts-new-administrative-capital-project-timeline-and-what-you-need-to-know/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Construction Review Online|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|title=Chinese firm finishes capping 1st business skyscraper in Egypt's new capital - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2020-03/16/c_138880893.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819173947/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2020-03/16/c_138880893.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2021|access-date=2021-08-19|website=www.xinhuanet.com}}{{Cite web|title=Central Business District – The Capital Cairo|url=https://cubeconsultants.org/portfolio/central-business-district-the-capital-cairo-2/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=cubeconsultants|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-12-12|title=Egypt new capital's Central Business District towers ready mid 2021|url=https://en.amwalalghad.com/egypt-new-capitals-central-business-district-towers-ready-mid-2021/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Amwal Al Ghad|language=en-US}}

The Oblisco Capitale is a planned and approved skyscraper set to be inaugurated in 2030. It is designed by the Egyptian architectural design firm [https://idia.design/projects/oblisco-capitale/ IDIA] in the form of a Pharaonic obelisk, and if built, it would be the tallest building in the world at a height of {{Convert|1000|m|ft|abbr=}}, surpassing the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa.{{Cite web |title=Oblisco Capitale, the new administrative capital - اوبليزكو كابيتال العاصمة الادارية الجديدة |url=https://www.newcapitaleg.com/properties/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%83%D9%88-%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84/ |website=New Administrative Capital - العاصمة الادارية الجديدة |language=ar |access-date=12 December 2020 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510193509/https://www.newcapitaleg.com/properties/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%83%D9%88-%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84/ |url-status=dead }}

The Cairo Light Rail Transit (abbreviated LRT) connects Cairo to the New Administrative Capital. The line starts at Adly Mansour Station at Al Salam City on Cairo Metro Line 3, and splits into two branches at Badr City. One runs northward, parallel to the Cairo Ring Road, to 10th of Ramadan City, while the other turns south towards the New Administrative Capital. Intermediate cities along the train's route include Obour, Shorouk, and Mostaqbal.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-22|title=Minister reveals accomplishment rates of New Capital train|url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/82879/Minister-reveals-accomplishment-rates-of-New-Capital-train|access-date=2021-03-12|website=EgyptToday}}

In addition, a monorail line under construction will connect Cairo to the new capital, with connections to the Cairo Metro and the Cairo LRT.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-24|title=Monorail project to be constructed in Egypt's New Administrative Capital|url=https://constructionreviewonline.com/news/egypt/monorail-project-to-be-constructed-in-egypts-new-administrative-capital/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Construction Review Online|language=en-us}}

In January 2021, Egypt signed a contract with Siemens to construct a high speed rail line that extends from the northern Mediterranean city of El Alamein to Ain Sokhna city on the Red Sea passing through the new capital and Alexandria. The {{Convert|450|km||0|abbr=on|adj=}} line is expected to be finished by 2023. Later phases of the {{Convert|1750|km||0|abbr=on|adj=}} high speed network will connect the new capital with cities as far as Aswan in the south of Egypt.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-15|title=Siemens Signs High Speed Train Agreement with Egyptian Railways|url=https://raillynews.com/2021/01/siemens-signs-fast-train-agreement-with-egyptian-railways/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=RayHaber {{!}} RaillyNews|language=en}}

The New Administrative Capital will be served by the new Capital International Airport. The airport includes a passenger terminal with a current capacity of 300 passengers per hour, eight parking spaces for aircraft, 45 service and administrative buildings, an air control tower and a {{Convert|3650|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} runway suitable for receiving large aircraft, equipped with lighting and automatic landing systems.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Egypt's new airport, Capital International, begins one month trial|url=https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/97023/capital-international-airport-begins-one-month-trial/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711174813/https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/97023/capital-international-airport-begins-one-month-trial/ |archive-date=2019-07-11 |access-date=|website=International Airport Review}} The airport has an area of {{Convert|16|km2}} and is expected to partially ease the pressure on Cairo International Airport and Sphinx International Airport.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Egypt opens new international airport for trial period |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-airport-idUSKCN1U5279 |access-date=}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=New Cairo Capital International Airport Profile {{!}} CAPA|url=https://centreforaviation.com/data/profiles/airports/new-cairo-capital-international-airport-cce|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805222230/https://centreforaviation.com/data/profiles/airports/new-cairo-capital-international-airport-cce |archive-date=2020-08-05 |access-date=|website=centreforaviation.com}}

Many have criticized the city for being designed primarily for the upper classes rather than the middle and lower classes. This is not the first time the Egyptian government has attempted to build cities outside the Nile Delta and Valley to alleviate the overpopulation of Cairo. However, previous attempts have failed in their mission due to these cities being marketed to the upper-middle and upper classes. The high prices of the housing units made them unaffordable for the majority of the population, resulting in many of the units remaining unsold.{{Cite news |last=Elshahed |first=Mohamed |date=23 March 2015 |title=Nasr City was once Egypt's new capital, but things went wrong. |pages=1 |work=Cairobserver |url=https://cairobserver.com/post/114391196879/nasr-city-was-once-egypts-new-capital-but-things#.YxdfIezMLUY |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907064101/https://cairobserver.com/post/114391196879/nasr-city-was-once-egypts-new-capital-but-things |archive-date=7 September 2023}}{{Cite news |date=15 November 2021 |title=Professors criticise Egypt's New Administrative Capital |pages=1 |work=Middle east monitor |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211115-professors-criticise-egypts-new-administrative-capital/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907071655/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211115-professors-criticise-egypts-new-administrative-capital/ |archive-date=7 September 2023}}

The Egyptian government's ability to finance the project has been put into question. Although president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stated that "the state won't pay a penny" for the new capital, funds from the public coffers continue to flow into building the capital, adding to that the loans the government has acquired to fund the project, which has significantly increased the national debt and driven high inflation.{{Cite web |last=Taweel |first=Sarah |date=7 June 2023 |title=Report – Al-Sisi's Bubble in the Desert: The Political Economy of Egypt's New Administrative Capital |url=https://pomed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Egypt_NAC_Report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611161008/https://pomed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Egypt_NAC_Report.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2023 |website=pomed.org}}{{Cite news |last1=Wahba |first1=Abdel Latif |last2=Magdy |first2=Mirette |date=1 August 2022 |title=Goldman's $15 Billion View of Egypt IMF Needs Too High for Maait |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-01/goldman-s-15-billion-view-of-egypt-imf-needs-too-high-for-maait?sref=MmPRe670 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907080303/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-01/goldman-s-15-billion-view-of-egypt-imf-needs-too-high-for-maait?sref=MmPRe670 |archive-date=7 September 2023 |work=Bloomberg |pages=1}}

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