New Urban Communities Authority

The New Urban Communities Authority (Arabic: هيئة المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة) is an Egyptian state owned enterprise (SOE) affiliated to the Ministry of Housing. Its headquarters are in Sheikh Zayed City in Greater Cairo. It was established in accordance with law No. 59/1979.[1] NUCA is 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]

"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

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.[2]

NUCA's main role is master developer of the 2.3 million feddans (acres) of state-owned land under its jurisdiction, 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.[3]

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.[4]

New communities
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- New Administrative Capital – New Alamein – New Mansoura – New Toshka – New Farafra – East Port Said[5]

New Communities not under NUCA's administration:

New Galala City

References
  1. "About the Authority". newcities.gov.eg.
  2. "Law 1/2018". Court of Cassation. 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. "Law 59/1979 (including amendments thru 2018)". The Official Gazette. 2018.
  4. "The New Urban Communities Authority - Tadamun". Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. "المشروعات القومية الكبرى" (PDF). الموازنة العامة للدولة. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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