Oman’s Sultan Haitham on Wednesday announced the construction of a new city on the outskirts of Muscat.
Sultan Haitham City is being built to accommodate Omani citizens on low incomes.
The Oman News Agency said 20,000 properties would be built on 14.8 million square metres.
Once complete, the city will house up to 100,000 residents and will include schools, places of worships, hospitals, a university and shopping centres.
Construction will start early next year and is expected to take three years to complete.
A ceremony involving the announcement of the vast building project was held at Al Alam Palace in Muscat and attended by cabinet ministers and dignitaries.
These include people who earn the minimum wage, orphans, widows, divorcees, unmarried women, families of prisoners, the disabled and senior citizens.