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This year, Egypt signed a treaty to give the Saudis two islands essential for linking the project to the Sinai. More than twice the size of neighboring Qatar, the area was chosen because of its “strategic location” and proximity to international shipping routes. Some 10,000 square miles (25,900 square kilometers) have been allocated for the development of the urban area that will stretch into Jordan and Egypt. It will be partly located in an area known as Ras Sheikh al-Hameed, a peninsula of land jutting about 31 miles (50 kilometers) into waters of the Red Sea after turning west off of route 5, the Saudi coastal road. Neom is a combination of “neo,” or new, and a derivation from the Arabic word “mustaqbal,” or future.
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