Nasser City Metropolitan Area

The Nasser City Metropolitan Area is an agglomeration of medium- and large-sized cities centred on Nasser City, the capital city of the Arab Union. The central and most densely populated part of the metropolitan area is Nasser City proper, which is administratively separate from Syria, Jordan and Palestine, the three republics it borders. The metropolitan area, which is defined as the continuously urbanised contiguous area centred on Nasser City, has an estimated population of 5.65 million as of December 2020, making it the thirteenth most-populous metropolitan area in the Arab Union. As the metropolitan area includes municipalities close to and bordering Nasser City proper, as a whole it is also located partially in Syria, Jordan and Palestine; in fact, the estimated population of Nasser City proper is estimated at 2.27 million, meaning nearly 3.38 million (around two-fifths) of the metropolitan area's population lives in the other neighbouring municipalities of the metropolitan area surrounding Nasser City, spread across its three surrounding republics.

The Nasser City Metro covers a large portion of the Nasser City Metropolitan Area; it is centred on Nasser City proper, namely the city's central core, but serves most cities bordering Nasser City proper in Syria, Jordan and Palestine. Gamal Abdel Nasser International Airport, the main airport serving the city, is located in the municipality of Sheikh Hossein in Jordan, located about 15 km south of Nasser City centre, and accessible via the Nasser City Metro's Blue Line. A total of 15 municipalities make up the metropolitan area surrounding Nasser City proper, which constitutes a 16th municipality, its only difference being its lack of officially being a part of any republic. Nevertheless, at least partially a government body in itself, the Nasser City Metropolitan Council is an independent body consisting of representatives, often the mayors, of each municipality of the metropolitan area; the council works together to coordinate and collaborate on the development and care of the metropolitan area as a whole. For example, the public corporate bodies charged with the operation and oversight of the metro and the international airport are overseen and their presidents appointed by the council; several other such positions exist involving systems and services upon which the Nasser City Metropolitan Area depends as a whole.