Sultan Haitham City is a new

planned community A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...

that represents a model for future cities in the

Sultanate of Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...

. The city is an investment-enhancing destination, planned on an area of 14.8 million m2.

Geography

Location

Sultan Haitham City is located in

Seeb Al-Seeb, As Seeb, As Sib, or Seeb () is a coastal fishing province, located several kilometres northwest of Muscat, in northeastern Oman. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 470,878. Landmarks include the Naseem Garden, the Royal Stables ...

governorate on an area of 14 million square meters, accommodating 100,000 people, 20,000 residential units, 2.9 million square meters of green spaces, and 19 integrated neighborhoods (detached villas/semi-detached villas/townhouses/apartments).

Population

The city is planned to accommodate 100,000 people with 20,000 housing units.

The plan

The main plan of the Smart Future City in

offers an opportunity to develop a model that sets new standards in building sustainable cities while keeping pace with the requirements and aspirations of modern life for young people, as it consists of: * Total land area: 14,800,000 square meters. * Total green spaces: 2,900,000 square meters. * Central Park and Valley: 1,640,000 square meters. * Total population: 100,000 people. * Number of housing units: 20,000.

Phases

Sultan Haitham City includes four phases, starting in 2024 and ending in 2045. The city's implementation phases are: * First phase: 2024 - 2030 * Second Phase: 2028 - 2034 * Third stage: 2033 - 2040 * Fourth stage: 2038 - 2045 The first phase of construction is scheduled to begin in 2024 and continue until 2030. This phase includes the development of the city center on an estimated area of about 5 million square meters, which includes 6 modern and integrated neighborhoods with an estimated building area of about 2.2 million square meters, the central park and valley reclamation is the heart of the city with an area of 1.6 million square meters, and its integrated facilities with international standards to cover more than 35,000 people, it contains 6,743 residential units, including 608 detached villas, 872 semi-detached villas, 1,156 townhouses, and 4,107 apartments, 8 prayer places, a private hospital, a gas station, 4 school sites, and 19 office plots.Al-Nahdi, writes-Suhail bin Nasser (June 20, 2023). "Signing 21 'partnership and development' agreements for Sultan Haitham City with more than one billion riyals".
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on 2023-06-30. Accessed on 2023-07-01. The second phase will be executed during the period (2028-2035) on an area of 2.6 million square meters, accommodating more than 23,000 people and comprising 4,200 housing units and a building area of about 1.4 million square meters. The third phase will begin by 2033 and continue until 2040, and is located on an area of 2.3 million square meters and accommodates more than 21,000 people, with 3,500 housing units and a construction area of 1.3 million square meters. The fourth and final phase of construction will begin by 2038 and continue until 2045, on an area of about 5.5 million square meters, accommodating more than 26,000 people, and comprising 4,500 residential units on an estimated construction area of about 1.9 million square meters.

Infrastructure

Roads

The city offers a series of new connections to the city via the

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Highway and Sultan Qaboos Road, 23 different access points are available to achieve quick access and avoid congestion, the two existing main access points from Sultan Qaboos Street will be expanded. The bridges and underground sections will ensure a smooth flow of vehicles and add a new link to the intersection of

Highway towards Barka, and Improve access through new intersections with the upgraded Halban Road and Al Salam Street, and improved access from Al Ma'abila through new intersections. The proposed road network within the city provides a street system consisting of the Boulevard, a private street focused on pedestrians and public transportation facilities with a length of 3.4 km, 32 km of main city streets, 150 km of neighborhood streets, and 150 km of neighborhood corridors that allow for

trams A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

, electric scooters, or

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. 32 km of light and smart mobility, and 25 km of paths for walking and light mobility users (bicycles, etc.) to promote active mobility.

Services

The city includes 25 mosques, mosques and prayers, 30 public schools, 9 private schools, 8 health centers, a hospital with 1200 beds, a modern care center for the elderly and people with disabilities, attractive shopping malls, covered and open gyms.

Health

* Class A health center (20,000 patients). * Category B health center (10,000 patients). * Reference Hospital (1,200 beds). * Private hospital. * Disability and Elderly Care Center

Education

* Government high schools. * Governmental preparatory schools. * Government basic education schools. * Private high schools. * Private middle schools. * Private basic education schools. * University."Construction begins at Sultan Haitham City".
''Muscat Daily''. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Oman Planned communities