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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rawabi is the
name of the first Palestinian planned city in the West Bank, Occupied
Palestinian Territories. Located close to Bir Zeit, Rawabi is being
built to a master plan and, when complete, will cover 6,300,000 square
meters and initially have space for 25,000 people to live. The
development is linked to a $500m affordable mortgage scheme that has
been likened to Fannie Mae. It is the largest private sector investment
project in the history of Palestine. Rawabi is a project of the Bayti
Real Estate Investment Company, led by Bashar Masri. Rawabi is 9
kilometres (5.6 mi) northwest of Ramallah, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north
of Birzeit, 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the north of Jerusalem and 25
kilometres (16 mi) south of Nablus. Amman, the capital of Jordan, is 70
kilometres (43 mi) to the east of Rawabi.
