New Qena is a planned city in Qena Governorate, Egypt. It was established by Presidential Decree 197/2000 as part of the New Urban Communities Authority new cities programme, as a Third Generation city. The planned cost of the city is 3 billion Egyptian pounds and it is intended to house 130,000 people. Its total area is 24,200 acres, but the urban area covers only about 7,000 acres and lies in the north-west of the city. Of 6,068 housing units planned, 5,078 had been built by February 2023, and a hospital with eight floors and 175 beds was under construction at that date.
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Climate Zone Sources
1. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Egypt
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Environment.Climate.textQuote, Environment.Climate.text
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/CairoQuote, Zone Africa/Cairo
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Egypt EE%sT
New Qena (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Egypt, Lead
is a city in the Qena Governorate, Egypt.
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead, placement in its subregion
is a city in the Qena Governorate, Egypt.
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On Continent: Africa, LeadQuote, On Continent: Africa, Lead
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa
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