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Saudi Arabia is building a $7 billion city on the sand - here's what it will look like

Leanna GarfieldNov 4, 2017, 20:02 IST

Knowledge Economic City Company

Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil exporter, but falling oil prices have hurt the economy and made it harder for the country to pay its oil workers.

To give its economy a boost, the Saudi Arabian government has been working in recent years to transform hundreds of square miles of desert into new cities that create jobs and diversify the economy away from crude oil.

One of the developments under construction is the Knowledge Economic City, set to be complete by 2020.

Take a look at the master plan below.