Suburb in Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Madinaty (Arabic: مدينتى Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈdenti], "My City") is an 8000 acre real estate development project, in the New Cairo satellite city,[1] in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.[2]
Overview
The project is developed by the Arab Company for Projects and Urban Development SAE, a subsidiary of the EGX listed Talaat Mostafa Group Holding which is ultimately majority owned by the Egyptian Talaat Mostafa and the Saudi Bin Laden families.[1] The Master Planners are HHCP Design International, Inc. The landscape architects are the SWA group. Construction began in July 2006.
The contract by which the land was granted to the company was challenged in Egyptian courts. Egyptians were angered that the land had been sold below current market value to Talaat Mostafa Group during Mubarak's rule.[3]
Madinaty is being built over an area of 3,200 hectares (8,000 acres), with a total budget of E£800 billion.[4]
In 2016, around 3900 residential units were sold in Madinaty by the Ministry of Housing.[5]
Madinaty has wide streets and the city is designed in terms of sub-compounds where each sub-compound has its facilities in terms of supermarkets, a mosque, an outpatient clinic, and public parks for children to play in and families.
Madinaty has malls with various shops including restaurants like Open Air Mall, East Hub, Crafr zone, The Strip, All Seasons Park. Another food court called South Park with dozens of restaurants such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Hardee's, and Chili's.[citation needed]
Madinaty has a large club with several pools, playgrounds, gym and clubhouse.[citation needed]
Infrastructure
Madinaty uses Advanced Metering Infrastructure for water and electricity distribution.
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh)[6] as the rest of Egypt.
| Climate data for Madinaty
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| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
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Jul
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Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
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Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
18
(64)
|
19.7
(67.5)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
27.9
(82.2)
|
32.2
(90.0)
|
34.4
(93.9)
|
34.9
(94.8)
|
34.5
(94.1)
|
31.9
(89.4)
|
29.7
(85.5)
|
24.8
(76.6)
|
20
(68)
|
27.6
(81.6)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
12.8
(55.0)
|
13.8
(56.8)
|
16.6
(61.9)
|
20.4
(68.7)
|
24.2
(75.6)
|
26.8
(80.2)
|
27.8
(82.0)
|
27.7
(81.9)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
23.4
(74.1)
|
19.2
(66.6)
|
14.6
(58.3)
|
21.1
(69.9)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
7.8
(46.0)
|
8
(46)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
12.9
(55.2)
|
16.3
(61.3)
|
19.3
(66.7)
|
20.7
(69.3)
|
21
(70)
|
19.1
(66.4)
|
17.1
(62.8)
|
13.7
(56.7)
|
9.3
(48.7)
|
14.6
(58.3)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
6
(0.2)
|
4
(0.2)
|
4
(0.2)
|
2
(0.1)
|
0
(0)
|
0
(0)
|
0
(0)
|
0
(0)
|
0
(0)
|
1
(0.0)
|
4
(0.2)
|
5
(0.2)
|
26
(1.1)
|
| Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 230m)[6]
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