Bismayah New City

Bismayah New City
Arabic: بسماية‎
Bismayah New City under construction.
Bismayah New City
Bismayah's location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 33°11′35″N 44°37′05″E / 33.19306°N 44.61806°E / 33.19306; 44.61806Coordinates: 33°11′35″N 44°37′05″E / 33.19306°N 44.61806°E / 33.19306; 44.61806
Country  Iraq
Governorate Baghdad Governorate
Established/Built 2013-Present (Ongoing construction)
Population (2014)
 • Total N/A
Time zone Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3)
Website www.bismayah.org

Bismayah (Arabic: بسماية‎) is a city about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) southeast of Baghdad. It will be a part of the Baghdad Governorate.

History

NCP is the first and the biggest city development project throughout the history of Iraq and middle east. Bismayah is located 10 km southeast of Baghdad on the main highway connecting Baghdad-Kut, spread over a total area of 1,830 hectares, and is being built to accommodate around 600,000 occupants in a total of 100,000 residential units.

The new city will be constructed according to the latest international standards with full services including schools, clinics, and commercial, social and entertainment centers. Moreover, a modern road network is being built specifically for the project, linking it to the highway and thus connecting it to the Iraqi capital.

The government of Iraq will develop the public facilities such as education, religious, welfare, and commercial facilities as well as infrastructure such as water, electricity and sewage treatment plants. According to its developers, Bismayah is intended to fill the lives of 600,000 citizens of Baghdad with happiness and be the most outstanding world class city beyond Iraq and Middle East as the first project of the National Housing Program.[1][2]

On 30 January 2018, ISIL affixed a bomb to a car in the city, killing one member of the Popular Mobilization Forces.[3]

Construction

The construction of Bismayah was started in early 2013 by Hanwha, a South Korean company. The city is expected to be completed between 2019 and 2021.

As of June 2015, the first block out of the six blocks that will accommodate 25,000 citizens had been completed.[4]

Pictures

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://bismayah.org/english/
  2. ↑ http://investpromo.gov.iq/bismayah/
  3. ↑ Ebraheem, Mohammed (January 30, 2018). "Four people killed, injured in two bomb blasts in Baghdad". Iraqi News. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ http://www.bismayah.org/english/pages/03sitephoto/sitephoto.asp?sel_id=32&page=1
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