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  • 50 Qirsh 2019, Egypt, National Achievements of Egypt, New Administrative Capital
  • 50 Qirsh 2019, Egypt, National Achievements of Egypt, New Administrative Capital
Description

The proposed new capital of Egypt is a large-scale project announced by Egyptian housing minister Mostafa Madbouly at the Egypt Economic Development Conference on 13 March 2015.

The new, yet-unnamed, city is to be located 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Cairo and just outside the Second Greater Cairo Ring Road, in a currently largely undeveloped area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, the city would become the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, housing the main government departments and ministries, as well as foreign embassies. On 700 square kilometres (270 sq mi) total area, it would have a population of five million people, though it is estimated that the figure could rise to seven million.

Officially, a major reason for the undertaking of the project was to relieve congestion in Cairo, which is already one of the world's most crowded cities, with the population of greater Cairo expected to double in the next few decades.

Obverse

Depicts three trees in a field and in front of them a tractor on the road. Inscriptions in Arabic "New Egyptian Countryside" above, country name and year of issue in Gregorian and Hijri calendars (both in Arabic) below.

الريف المصري الجديد
مصر
١٤٤٠ ٢٠١٩

Reverse

State name in Arabic, denomination in Arabic and English.

جمهورية مصر العربية
٥٠
قرشاً
50 PIASTRES

Edge

50 Qirsh (Piastres)

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Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Brass Clad Steel
Weight 6.5 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 2.4 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Cairo Mint

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