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The city is intended to be a high tech showcase. (Image: Looking 4 YouTube)
Countries around the world are pouring billions of pounds into developing ambitious plans to build the cities of the future. Global issues such as the housing crisis and climate change are spurring governments to develop a new generation of high-tech urban centres.
The Line, a 500-metre-tall skyscraper that will house nine million people in northwestern Saudi Arabia, is one such example. But there are many more, including Telosa in the USA, the BiodiverCity in Malaysia and Egypt's New Administrative Capital. One smart city that has been completed recently is Arkadag in Turkmenistan, Central Asia.
All residential buildings are seven floors high (Image: Looking 4 YouTube)
It is the new regional capital of the Ahal province in the southern part of the country, located near the border with Iran and 30 km from the national capital, Ashgabat.
The city, which was built in less than five years and stretches over 950 hectares, is intended to be a high-tech showcase.
It was inaugurated on June 29, 2023, in an imposing ceremony attended by President Serdar Berdymukhamedov.
One of the striking features of the city is the fact that all the buildings are painted white.
Residential apartments are all seven floor highs, a lucky number in Turkmenistan, and only electric vehicles are allowed in the city, which also has full 5G digital coverage.
The city cost a whopping £2.5 billion to build, and will initially be home to 70,000 residents.
Facilities in the futuristic mega-city include administrative buildings, a horse circus, a research centre and cultural venues.
Health and education are not left out either, with medical and universities all accessible by wide roads.
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The city has also been designed to provide a wide range of social infrastructures, including kindergartens, an urban amusement park and many other facilities.
To revitalise the region and create jobs, 130 hectares of new industrial zones are also planned, mainly for companies in the medical and agriculture food sectors.
From housing to urban infrastructure every aspect of life in Arkadag is being digitised.
It is expected to become an important trade route for Central Asia with Iran as part of the eastern corridor of the INSTC, the International North-South Transport Corridor.
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