Sheikh Zayed City

Sheikh Zayed City is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt and part of the Greater Cairo urban area. It was established in 1995, about 20 km from the Mohandiseen district and 28 km from Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, and is bordered by the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, the extension of the 26th of July Corridor and 6th of October City. The population of the Sheikh Zayed administrative district was estimated at 99,891 on 1 July 2025 by Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. The city sits at an elevation of about 220 meters above sea level, covers about 9,500 acres and is planned to reach 500,000 residents.