Saudi Arabia has announced plans to build an eight-sided city that will float on the Red Sea.
The proposed construction, called Oxagon, is set to be placed on the edge of the country's newest region in the northwest - Neom.
Neom, the flagship project of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is a planned $500 billion city-state that would cover 10,000 square miles of Saudi Arabia's Tabuk province, near its borders with Jordan and Egypt.
Neom is a combination of the Greek word neos, or 'new,' and mustaqbal, Arabic for 'future.'
The proposed construction (pictured), called Oxagon, is set to be placed on the edge of the country's newest region in the northwest - Neom
Neom, the flagship project of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is a planned $500 billion city-state that would cover 10,000 square miles of Saudi Arabia's Tabuk province, near its borders with Jordan and Egypt
It's part of an ambitious plan to wean Saudi Arabia off oil dependency and transform the country into a tech hub like Silicon Valley, while also incorporating towns, research centers, education zones, and tourist attractions.
But constructors are yet to reveal how much the project will cost or how Oxagon will float.
Plans for Neom show it will be 33 times the size of New York City and will have a 'smart' city at its centre, also called Neom.
Neom posted a video to Twitter last Tuesday claiming Oxagon will be 'home to the world's first fully automated port and integrated logistics hub.'
Neom posted a video to Twitter last Tuesday claiming Oxagon will be 'home to the world's first fully automated port and integrated logistics hub'
The project
