Fifth_Settlement
Fifth Settlement
District of New Cairo, Egypt
The Fifth Settlement (Arabic: التجمع الخامس, literally means "the Fifth Gathering"; commonly shortened to: التجمع et-Tagammoʿ pronounced [et.tæˈɡæm.moʕ]) forms a qism (also known as Al-Qahira al-Gadida Awwal, New Cairo 1 police ward) in the New Cairo satellite city, in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.[1][2] The Fifth Settlement was originally one of five standalone human settlements (satellite cities) built by the New Urban Communities Authority in the 1980s in the desert east of the Cairo Ring Road to absorb the working class population growth.[3] In the year 2000, the Fifth Settlement, along with the nearby First and Third Settlements, were incorporated as New Cairo.[4][5] According to the 2017 census, it had 135,834 residents,:[6] [7] while the latest estimate puts it at 145,286 residents in 2023.[2]
Today, it is one of the more affluent neighbourhoods of Cairo, where a large number of private gated communities have been built, including Gharb El Golf, El Shouifat, Diplomats, El Narges, North investors, South investor. The main street is Share‘ El Tes‘een or 90 St., it serves as the central axis of the city of New Cairo. It contains financial, administrative and commercial centers that serve the city and Greater Cairo as a whole. It is one of the fastest-growing areas in Egypt in terms of construction.[citation needed]
