Al Galala City (

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: مدينة الجلالة) is a

planned city A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...

in northeast Egypt. It lies on Northern Galala Plateau on the western side of the

Gulf of Suez The Gulf of Suez ( ar, خليج السويس, khalīǧ as-suwais; formerly , ', "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula. Situated to the east of the Sinai Peninsula is the smaller Gulf of ...

. The city represents one of several ambitious

urban development Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

projects of the government. With the help of which the problem of the congestion of the existing cities is to be solved. The city will include luxury and medium and middle income housing, touristic resorts, hotels, a water park and a

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s factory. In September 2020,

Galala University Galala University (Arabic: جامعة الجلالة) is a national, non-profit Egyptian university located in Al Galala in Suez. The university includes 13 faculties in different fields of study. It was established by presidential decree in Aug ...

accepted its first students, being one of the first universities in Egypt to follow the ''Ahleya'' model. The city will also include Egypt's first

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. Construction of the city started in 2015 and will be implemented in 3 phases. In 2017, the 82 kilometer-long Al Galala road was opened, starting in

Ain Sokhna Al-'Ain al-Sokhna ( ar, العين السخنة, al-ʿAyn as-Sukhna , "the Hot Spring") is a town in the Suez Governorate, lying on the western shore of the Red Sea's Gulf of Suez. It is situated south of Suez and approximately east of Cairo. ...

road, and ending near Zaafarana, connecting the city to the capital and to other cities on the Red Sea coast.

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