Chaka Project (
Amharic
Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...
: ጫካ ፕሮጀክት) is an ongoing
urban planning
Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...
project and part of
Addis Ababa City Corridor Project, known as Smart City Project launched on 21 May 2022. The project encompasses the construction of National Palace, residencies, resorts, artificial lake and renovation of forest in
Yeka
Yeka (Amharic: የካ ክፍለ ከተማ) is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[ demamit ...]
sub-city of
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...
, Ethiopia.
Landed over 503 hectare, the project incorporates roads stretched over 29 km. A contractor named "e-tollo" undertook the construction with 500 billion birr costing, becoming the second high investment project after the
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD or TaIHiGe; , , ), formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam (, ), is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. The dam is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region ...
.
Description
The project was launched on 21 May 2022 to build new
National Palace Buildings called National Palace include:
*National Palace (Dominican Republic), in Santo Domingo
* National Palace (El Salvador), in San Salvador
* National Palace (Ethiopia), in Addis Ababa; also known as the Jubilee Palace
* National Palace (Guat ...
and transform forestry in
Yeka
Yeka (Amharic: የካ ክፍለ ከተማ) is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[ demamit ...]
sub-city, also known as Chaka which has been headed by the
Prime Minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
. It has leisure residencies and resort villages. Part of Smart City Project, Chaka Project is the second high-profile project after the construction of
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD or TaIHiGe; , , ), formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam (, ), is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. The dam is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region ...
, costing 500 billion birr.
Landed over 503 hectare, the project interlinked to roads stretched over 29 km, which is under construction with most are nearly completed. Newly featured element includes artificial lake, which is carried out by a contractor named "e-tollo".
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2022 in Ethiopia
Urban planning in Ethiopia