Mansoura or New Mansoura? What is best for housing and investment?

The cities of Mansoura and New Mansoura are among the most important cities in Dakahlia Governorate and among the first cities to be chosen by those looking for a place for housing and real estate investment. Many also find it difficult to make a decision to choose one of the two cities, so in this article we will present to you the most important factors affecting housing and investment. Real estate in Mansoura and New Mansoura, comparison between the two cities in terms of location, area, population density, basic and recreational services, and determining your priorities in choosing the best city for housing and real estate investment.

Today, New Mansoura City has an integrated system of services and service centers that has emerged as an important and essential factor in building the city and making it an investment destination for those wishing to live and invest in real estate in an environment that enjoys the services and entertainment that all members of the Egyptian family need. 

As for the city of Mansoura, the most important ancient city inhabited by various upper classes over the past years, the city of Mansoura was positioned in the first place for housing major merchants in the governorate and a headquarters for managing their businesses due to its distinguished geographical location in the Dakahlia Governorate. Thus, we will know the geographical location of the two cities. The geographical location of any city is one of the most important factors. Affecting housing and real estate investment in Mansoura and New Mansoura 

The geographical location and total area of the cities of Mansoura and New Mansoura

Location of Mansoura city

The city of Mansoura is considered an Egyptian city and is the capital of Dakahlia. It is located east of the Delta and north of Egypt, overlooking the eastern bank of the Damietta branch of the Nile River and directly facing the city of Talkha, which has an independent administration. It is also 120 km north-east of Cairo.

It was established by one of the kings of the Ayyubid Empire in 1219 AD. In the past, it was called “Rose Island” because it was surrounded by water from three directions and it also has the largest rose gardens in Egypt. The city of Mansoura is located at latitude 31.05 and longitude 31.3833. As the city rises 9 meters above sea level, for more details about the city of Mansoura and the history of its establishment

Location of New Mansoura City

New Mansoura City is located 14 km long on the coastal road in the heart of Dakahlia Governorate, next to the city of Gamasa, as an extension of it to the borders of Kafr El Sheikh Governorate. It is about 54 km away from Old Mansoura City, and it is planned that the city will be connected by an electric train that will connect them in less than 15 minutes.

The total area of Mansoura city

The results showed, according to statistics for the year 2023, that the population of the city of Mansoura has reached 748,028 people, and the annual population growth rate in the city is 2.34%, and the total area of the city of Mansoura extends to about 371 km2, and thus it is considered the second largest city in the Delta that has received the attention of many residents. And investors due to its geographical location and residential and recreational services

The total area of New Mansoura City

With an area of 5,104 acres, more than one presidential decree was issued to increase its area to reach 7,200 acres, in order to exploit this space to build a new urban community. Indeed, its construction has been completed and its opening announced in 2022 in the presence of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

President Sisi’s speech at the opening of the new city of Mansoura 

The city of Mansoura is divided into several local units, including the People’s Local Council of the City and Center of Mansoura, headquartered at the governorate’s general office. The city also has two local administrative units, each with a president and a number of department heads, namely:

• West Mansoura neighborhood, which is designated by the First Mansoura Police Department
• East Mansoura neighborhood, which includes the Second Mansoura Police Department

As for the rural areas in Mansoura, which include several local units within them, they are administratively divided relative to the villages affiliated with the city center. The city is distinguished by its archaeological, residential and recreational landmarks that qualify it to become the most attractive city in the Delta region, as it is one of the most important ancient cities inhabited by various upper classes over the past years. Among its most famous upscale neighborhoods are the Toril area and the Social Affairs Division, where the city of Mansoura was positioned in the first place for commercial activities, which led to an increase in demand for various apartments and real estate at a rate greater than the supply. Therefore, Mansoura real estate is considered the most popular and expensive in Lower Egypt before the opening of the new city of Mansoura, which is being intensified. Efforts are being made to complete its construction to accommodate many investors and those wishing to obtain high-end housing with exceptional services.

New Mansoura City is an integrated residential and service city and one of the most important new residential cities affiliated with the New Urban Communities Authority. It was built with the issuance of Presidential Decree No. 378 in 2017.

Both cities contain distinctive and attractive landmarks that create a unique and diverse residential and investment environment with various commercial and industrial activities, which are among the most important reasons for the city’s attractions.

The most important residential and commercial areas and projects in Mansoura and New Mansoura

The most important residential areas in Mansoura

• University neighborhood
• Walker
• Ahmed Maher
• Old Toril
• Suez Canal
• Mubarak city
• Guidance and light
• Splitting a letter
• Saffron

The most important commercial areas in Mansoura

• Khawajat market
• Walking area
• Jihan
• Evacuation
• The new railway
• The old railway

The most important projects of Mansoura city

Mansoura Park Square project

Mansoura Park Square is a commercial, administrative and medical project. It is the first offering of the “Long Live Egypt Mansoura” project as part of the Mansoura City development plan. The project is owned by the Ministry of Transport in partnership with the Egyptian Engineering and Construction Company and the exclusive marketer for the project is Azalea Company. The project covers an area of 2,713 square meters with a total built area of 30,000 square meters. A square with a facade of 160 meters, located on Arab League Street in Al-Husseiniyah, Al-Talajah area

Mansoura Park Square project is a MIXED USE commercial, administrative, and medical project. The project has units of different sizes, including: (commercial stores - pharmacy - administrative offices - specialized centers - medical clinics - analysis laboratories) with the lowest down payment (20%) and installments up to 5 years.

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The most important residential and commercial projects in New Mansoura City

A bright villa area

The Zahia villas area in the first phase of the city includes many residential villas with a distinctive classic character on New Mansoura Beach, developed by Egyptian government companies.

In partnership with City Edge Real Estate Development Company

Residential towers area

New Mansoura has entered the skyscraper race since City Edge began working on implementing the residential tower area, on the scale of the towers currently being constructed in New Alamein City and located within the scope of the Zahia project, specifically next to the New Mansoura City Corniche.

Social housing projects

The map of the new Mansoura city includes three types of projects of the Ministry of Housing and Public Utilities, including social housing, medium housing, and tourist housing

Residential projects

The city's residential projects include residential compounds with distinctive investment services with areas ranging from 50 sqm to 225 sqm, including Bayut Compound, as well as The Pearl Compound, which includes apartments up to 181 sqm and villas with an area of 407 sqm.

Commercial projects  

The city's commercial projects include commercial malls in a distinguished investment location in the heart of New Mansoura City, and multi-use malls for commercial, administrative, medical and hotel uses, including Panorama Blue Mall and Lavida White Mall in the heart of Boyot Compound in the second phase of the city. Get an offer.

Medical projects

New Mansoura Medical Complex is the first medical center in New Mansoura City with a very distinctive location located in the central area in the heart of the services area in the first phase at the intersection of the northern axis and near the area of villas, towers and the tourist promenade.

The New Mansoura City is being implemented in 4 phases. Efforts are being intensified to complete its construction as soon as possible. The area of the first phase is approximately 2,063 acres and includes:

• Up to 462 buildings with a total number of 11,232 units in the Jannah project of the Urban Communities Authority
• Up to 146 buildings with a total number of 4704 units in the Sakan Misr project of the Urban Communities Authority
• Up to 2,100 villas in Zahia Compound directly on the sea (twin villa - townhouse - stand alone), with areas starting from 360 sqm up to 740 sqm
• New Mansoura Mall has a total area of 3,811 square meters
• New Mansoura Medical Center covers an area of 6,500 square meters
• 8 commercial markets with a total area of 64 commercial activities in the city

Here are the most important projects of the second phase of New Mansoura City:

• Construction of 244 buildings in the Jannah project of the Urban Communities Authority
• Construction of up to 44 buildings in the Sakan Misr project of the Urban Communities Authority
•   Bayut Compound
• Panorama Blue Mall
• Lavida White Mall
• Residential lands will be offered in late August 2023 by the Urban Communities Authority

The two cities also include many large hospitals in terms of medical specializations and patient capacity, making it a medical environment that many people of the Delta and many doctors who want to obtain an investment site to invest and start a professional and practical life in a well-prepared and prepared environment.

The most important hospitals and medical centers in Mansoura and New Mansoura

The most important hospitals and medical centers in Mansoura

• Mansoura International Hospital
• Mansoura General Hospital
• Emergency hospital
• Digestive Hospital
• Children's Hospital
• Kidney and Urology Hospital
• Mansoura Military Hospital
• Al Batinah Specialized Hospital
• Hospital of Medicine and Ophthalmology
• International Hospital

The most important medical facilities and centers in New Mansoura

The New Mansoura City plan in the first phase shows the construction of the “Medical City”, as that sector includes:

• Family medicine unit
• New Mansoura Hospital
• Medical analysis laboratories
• Scientific research centers
• New Mansoura Medical Center is the first medical complex to obtain the medical code in the city

Efforts are being intensified in the city of New Mansoura, directed strongly and effectively towards the medical and educational environment, providing it with all medical services and centers that contain medical clinics, medical shops, radiology and analysis centers, and creating a suitable work environment to serve the people of the city.

As for the city of Mansoura, it is one of the most important cities in Dakahlia due to the great diversity of real estate there and it is not limited to houses and apartments only, but rather the city of Mansoura includes palaces and villas in addition to various commercial and administrative units in the city and includes various companies and branches of banks and various restaurant chains. New Mansoura City also has a group of strong investment projects. Due to its distinguished investment location, the city also includes many sports facilities, as providing a safe sports environment for you and your family members is one of the most important distinguishing factors for choosing a supportive sports residential environment.

• Mansoura Sports Club
• Mansoura Sports Stadium
• Olympic Village
• Dialogue Club
• Workers Club
• Rose Island Club
• Police Club
• Nasiriyah Sports Club
• Nile Club
• Fishing Club

The importance of the location of the city of Mansoura becomes clear, as it is considered an important commercial and administrative center in Lower Egypt. It was inhabited by many members of foreign communities in previous decades, especially before 1952. This was evident in the city’s architecture and the shape of its properties and buildings, which prepared it to be a residential front for the upper class in the governorate.

Thus, it has since become one of the strongest investment cities in the Delta region, where the movement of construction, services, and entertainment and service areas in New Mansoura City has developed and revived, becoming one of the first leading cities on the Mediterranean coast. Many people from Dakahlia Governorate and others seek to own units, whether residential, commercial, or medical, because it is a city. It has a prosperous and fruitful future in various commercial and investment activities, so many seek to own the appropriate property, especially after the continued increase in New Mansoura real estate prices from the beginning of January 2024 AD. Investing at the current time reduces the amount of risk to which the property is exposed over time, the increase in flotation, and the rise in the price of the dollar compared to At the price of the Egyptian pound in the market.

Engineer Alaa Lotfy, Vice President of the New Mansoura City Authority, explained that New Mansoura City is one of the sustainable fourth-generation cities that came within the plans of the Ministry of Housing, which began implementing it in 2019, in order to accommodate population density and create investment opportunities and jobs for young people. He added during a phone call to the (Khabar Al-Youm) program via the channel (on) The city has various projects that suit all segments of society, as the total area of the city, which reaches 7,200 acres, accommodates up to 700 thousand people.

The city contains various residential and commercial projects to enable you to choose your appropriate project with the lowest down payment and longest repayment period in the Delta region, to provide the opportunity for investors and those wishing to obtain permanent housing in an upscale environment with exceptional and recreational services prepared to serve the largest population bloc in the Delta. We explain to you all the commercial and residential projects in the city. New Mansoura to know the factors affecting housing and real estate investment in Mansoura and New Mansoura and choose your appropriate unit in the appropriate location

Today, New Mansoura City also possesses an integrated system of services and service centers that has emerged as an important and fundamental factor in building the city and making it an investment destination that those wishing to invest and live in an upscale environment that enjoys the services and entertainment that all members of the Egyptian family need. 

The most important service centers in New Mansoura City

commercial services

Today, the first phase has more than 12 commercial and administrative buildings, which are classified as follows:

• 11 commercial areas
• Hotels
• 8 commercial malls
• 2 administrative offices
• 2 gas stations and car maintenance

Religious services

Various types of places of worship are concentrated in the city, such as:

• 3 central mosques
• 12 local mosques
• Evangelical church

Security services

The city has up to 10 security barracks, as the city represents a global tourist destination that requires an intense security presence in both residential and tourist areas.

Educational services

New Mansoura City contains an integrated system of educational services, up to 20 institutions for various stages, which makes the city a different and distinct educational city from the rest of the Delta cities, which attracts many to choose it as a residential and investment environment prepared and distinguished for building an urban community and a distinctive educational environment.

Nurseries

There are 12 kindergartens available in the first stage, with an average area of 100 square meters for each nursery, distributed equally among the residential areas.

Schools

New Mansoura City contains various types of schools, including:

• Dar Misr Project School
• Regent British School
• 7 basic education schools
• 2 girls’ public secondary school
• 2 public secondary schools for boys
• 1 industrial secondary school

Universities

The Urban Communities Authority announced the New Mansoura Regional University, the most prominent university in the Delta, as it was established on an area of 67 acres. It is considered one of the private universities and one of the 4 most important universities in Egypt recently in terms of scientific and technological application and the use of modern scientific departments. It is famous for its international curricula and owns many service buildings, the most important of which are: -

- the central Library

- University Hospital

- Administrative building

- Gym

- Exhibition square

Public utility

New Mansoura City was planned and built to include all facilities and services that would meet the needs of citizens of various categories, including: -

• Water networks
• Natural gas networks
• Electricity networks
• Sewage networks
• Lighting poles
• Paved road systems

Industrial services

• Electrical transformer stations
• Water desalination plants

Tourism services

New Mansoura Corniche extends along the city’s 15 km coastal line, which includes:

• Gangway
• hotel services
• Golf and tennis courses
• Luxury malls
• Restaurants
• Playgrounds
• Cafeterias
• Rest seats
• Degree path
• Yards
• Childrens playground

Therefore, New Mansoura City, the entertainment and tourism capital of the Delta, is the focus of attention and attracts everyone’s attention from the beginning of its opening, and the city’s entire plan is clarified.

It is also a population attraction center for the region and a center for regional services and economic activities on the coastal axis. The future vision for the city is centered on it being a sustainable and service city for all regions of the Delta, and all areas of investment and industrial fields will be directed to it because of its effective and attractive components for housing and investment and the availability of recreational and service activities for a greater and better service. A population cluster in the region, and thus we have provided you with all the factors affecting housing and real estate investment in Mansoura City and New Mansoura

  The city will be launched during the current and future period of globalization, and will achieve great popularity that is no less influential than the hype that aroused the attention and attraction of everyone around the New Administrative Capital and the success of investment in the city’s real estate fields at a rate that exceeds investment in various other fields, especially with this huge amount of features that characterize the city, which Make it provide sustainable economic growth; Due to its advanced urban environment, equipped with world-class infrastructure, and integrated services, including educational and health facilities, and public transportation systems, it deserves to be called the “Capital of the Delta” for the healthy environment it achieves, an appropriate quality of life, and the provision of suitable housing for all. Segments of society .

Thus, we have provided you with all the comparison factors between the two cities and knowledge of the most important factors affecting housing and real estate investment in Mansoura and New Mansoura to clarify that Mansoura is a stable city with all vital and recreational services, and New Mansoura is well planned, including roads, schools, hospitals, marketing centers, as well as green spaces spread throughout. All parts of the city, creating a feeling of comfort and tranquility, making it an enjoyable place to live and work, and building a distinctive healthy environment. A future city, one of the most important and finest fourth-generation cities on the Mediterranean.

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