East Sitra City

East Sitra City
(Arabic: مدينة شرق سترة)
Map
General information
LocationSitra, Bahrain
Coordinates26°07′N 50°39′E / 26.12°N 50.65°E / 26.12; 50.65
Area540 hectares (1,300 acres)
Construction
ArchitectWS Atkins

East Sitra City (Arabic: مدينة شرق سترة) is a proposed public housing mega-project under construction in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Proposed in 2014 by the Bahraini Ministry of Housing, the project involves land reclamation of 253 to 540 hectares (5.8 million square metres)[1] off the eastern coast of Sitra island.[2] Once completed, the reclaimed islands are estimated to consist of 3,157 housing units,[3] serving more than 20,000 citizens.[4]

The project is part of a concurrent series of 245 million BHD ($649 million) public housing projects launched in the country in the 2010s, such as the Northern City and East Hidd City.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Zaywa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "East Sitra Master Plan". Gulf House Engineering. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ East Sitra Town, Housing.gov.bh
  4. ^ Disha Dadlani, Construction on $689.6m East Sitra Housing Project begins, Constructionweekonline.com, 28 December 2020
  5. ^ "Work on track at new towns in Bahrain". Zawya. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.