Satellite pics show new capital city of 7MILLION people being built in the middle of desert with 77-storey skyscraper [Video]

INCREDIBLE satellite images show Egypt’s brand-new capital city being built in the middle of the desert that will house more than six million people.

The New Administrative Capital (NAC) will cover an area about the size of Singapore and will have Egyptian government offices, major financial districts and tall buildings including a 77-storey skyscraper.

Satellite pictures taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager show the construction of the new city in 2024Credit: NASA Earth

A satellite picture taken in 2017 shows traces of initial constructionCredit: NASA Earth

Egypt is building a new city known as the New Administrative Capital some 30 miles away from Cairo

Once complete, the new city could hold as many as 6.5 million residents

Graphic renders showing one of the many landmark locations set to be built in the city

It will steal the title from Cairo – the current capital – which has long been hit by many problems including …

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