Districts of Nasser City

Nasser City, the national capital of the Arab Union, is divided into 18 districts. Known by the Arabic term nahiya (ناحية nāḥiyah; pl. نواحي nawāḥī), which is left untranslated in official English publications, they constitute the administrative units of the capital city for the purposes of local government. Each nahiya is represented by one of 18 popularly elected city councillors who, together, form the Capital District Council, the capital's devolved government.

The nahiya system also functions as a standardised urban locality/neighbourhood scheme—district boundaries closely reflect contrasts in urban planning and design, social and economic functionality, and especially cultural geography, with each nahiya constituting a discrete section of the urban landscape. The Commons, for example, is the capital's formally designated city centre, encompassing the central business and financial districts; Sultan's Grove, by comparison, is the capital's main shopping and entertainment district, known for its luxury hotels, upscale shopping centres, designer outlets, speciality shops and boutiques, as well as a sophisticated gastronomy scene, coffee culture and bustling nightlife; while Bab el-Mutasarref, the national government precinct, is the seat of the government of the Arab Union and location of most federal ministry and agency headquarters, national institutions and other central bureaucratic organs. These three districts together form the wider urban core of the capital, and consist mostly of dense retail, commercial and mixed-use neighbourhoods; the 15 remaining districts which surround the three core districts constitute the rest of the capital city proper, and are mainly residential in nature with smaller commercial areas.

Each district consists of a handful of informally distinguished neighbourhoods, which may encompass ten city blocks or more and as few as three. Districts are not considered autonomous units, receiving all local government services from agencies subordinate to the Capital District Council or Capital Metropolitan Council.

List

 * 1) Bab el-Mutasarref
 * 2) Basateen
 * 3) Beit Zera
 * 4) Bojak Marjana
 * 5) The Commons
 * 6) Delhemia
 * 7) Jannat as-Sanjak
 * 8) Karm Azyab
 * 9) Khastakhanat el-Ayatollah
 * 10) Khirbet Kabari
 * 11) Kiryat Shams
 * 12) Mazarel Birqué
 * 13) Quhwana
 * 14) Rahbanat
 * 15) Ras Nahrain
 * 16) Rubbeid
 * 17) Sultan's Grove
 * 18) Umm Jouné