The real reason Egypt is moving its capital

Cairo isn't the problem.

In 2017, Egypt's government announced it would
build a new capital city 45 kilometers outside of
Cairo, the current capital. It was a shocking
announcement since Cairo, a city of more than
10,000,000 people, has been the capital of Egypt for
decades.
The government claims that Cairo has become too
overcrowded and that moving the capital will give
both Cairo's residents and government workers more
space. But this excuse is not new. For decades,
Egypt's rulers have been building brand new cities in
the desert. None of them have solved Cairo's density issue. And based on how construction is going, this
new capital won't be a solution either.
So why does Egypt want a new capital? Well, it has a
lot to do with the political revolution in 2011.

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