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The Electricity Regulatory Authority and Consumer Protection (EgyptERA) is a public body independent of the parties to the electricity utility with a legal personality and headquartered in Cairo.
According to the government's National Research Center, 40 percent of Cairo's inhabitants do not get water for more than three hours per day and three large districts do not receive any piped water. In 2008 demonstrations concerning this issue took place in Suez, where 500 people blocked a main road to Cairo. [20]
It was only in 1961, after a large scale restructuring of government offices, was the Ministry of Housing and Utilities established as an independent office. [ 3 ] 1974-1980
Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is a bustling metropolis that sits on the banks of the River Nile.Home to an estimated 22 million people, the city has more recently expanded into a sprawling jumble ...
In 2004 the Cairo company for electricity distribution divided into North Cairo and South Cairo in addition to the Delta company for electricity production dividing into three companies: East Delta, Middle Delta and West Delta. [2] Currently, [when?] there are 16 companies affiliated with the EEHC that make up the Egyptian electric utility ...
In some areas, the country receives over 4,000 hours of sunshine per year, which is among the highest quantities registered in the world. Due to the sharp population growth and a series of blackouts during the summer caused by a supply shortage, Egyptian demand for solar energy is increasing.
In October 2003, a presidential decree allocated the Heliopolis Company for Housing and Development a 1,695-acre (6.86 km 2) plot of land in the satellite city of New Cairo, as a compensation for the land that was taken to build the Cairo International Airport. [1] In 2021, and agreement was made for its development as the Heliopark project. [10]
Although the Cairo metropolis extends away from the Nile in all directions, the city of Cairo resides only on the east bank of the river and two islands within it on a total area of 453 km 2 (175 sq mi). [155] [156] Geologically, Cairo lies on alluvium and sand dunes which date from the quaternary period. [157] [158]