Editing Cairo (section)

==== Satellite cities ====
{{see also|Greater Cairo}}

Since 1977 a number of [[Planned community|new towns]] have been planned and built by the [[New Urban Communities Authority]] (NUCA) in the [[Eastern Desert]] around Cairo, ostensibly  to accommodate additional population growth and development of the city and stem the development of self-built informal areas, especially over agricultural land. As of 2022 four new towns have been built and have residential populations: [[15th of May (city)|15th of May City]], [[Badr City]], [[El Shorouk City|Shorouk City]], and [[New Cairo]]. In addition, two more are under construction: the [[New Administrative Capital]].<ref name="Ali-2020a"/><ref name="UNECA-2017a">{{Cite book |last=United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTHLDwAAQBAJ&dq=cairo+first+generation+cities&pg=PA150 |title=Economic Report on Africa 2017: Urbanization and Industrialization for Africa's Transformation |publisher=United Nations |year=2017 |isbn=978-92-1-060392-8 |pages=150 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cambanis |first=Thanassis |date=24 August 2010 |title=To Catch Cairo Overflow, 2 Megacities Rise in Sand |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/world/africa/25egypt.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311041220/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/world/africa/25egypt.html |archive-date=11 March 2017}}</ref> And Capital Gardens, where land was allocated in 2021, and which will house most of the civil servants employed in the new capital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Capital Gardens |url=http://www.newcities.gov.eg/know_cities/Capital_Gardens/default.aspx |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=New Urban Communities Authority |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230205031/http://www.newcities.gov.eg/know_cities/Capital_Gardens/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>