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'''15th of May City''' ({{lang-ar|مدينة 15 مايو}}) is a 'new city' district in the Southern Area of [[Place:Cairo|Cairo]], [[Place:Egypt|Egypt]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Southern Area |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Region.aspx?ReID=11 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.cairo.gov.eg}}</ref> Its cornerstone was laid in 1978 on an area of 6400 acres, which trippled to 18,000 acres by 2017.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=15th of May City |url=http://www.newcities.gov.eg/know_cities/May/default.aspx |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=newcities.gov.eg}}</ref> It was constructed to solve the problem of insufficient accommodation.<ref name="pag">{{cite journal |last=Mohamed |first=Adel |author2=S. Araffa, Nagi Mahmoud |year=2011 |title=Delineation of Near-Surface Structure in the Southern Part of 15th of May City, Cairo, Egypt Using Geological, Geophysical and Geotechnical Techniques |journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics |volume=169 |issue=9 |pages=1641–1654 |doi=10.1007/s00024-011-0415-y|s2cid=129104836 }}</ref> However, after almost forty years, it had only 93,574 residents according to the 2017 census.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) |date=2017 |title=2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions |url=https://www.cedejcapmas.org/adws/app/4d5b52dc-669d-11e9-b6a6-975656a88994/index.html |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=CEDEJ-CAPMAS}}</ref>

==Name==
The name was chosen to immortalize the memory of the Corrective Revolution (launched as the "Corrective Movement"), a reform program (officially just a change in policy) launched on 15 May 1971 by President [[Biography:Anwar Sadat|Anwar Sadat]]. It involved purging Nasserist members of the government and security forces, often considered pro-Soviet and left-wing, and drumming up popular support by presenting the takeover as a continuation of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, while at the same time radically changing track on issues of foreign policy, economy, and ideology. Sadat's Corrective Revolution also included the imprisonment of other political forces in Egypt, including [[Philosophy:Liberalism|liberals]] and [[Religion:Islamism|Islamists]].

==Geography==
The 15th of May is a new satellite city located in the southern area of [[Place:Cairo|Cairo]],<ref name=":0" /> and is administered by the New Urban Communities Authority.<ref name=":1" />

===Climate===
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh),<ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{Cite web |url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/3976/ |title=Climate: 15th of May City - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate=2013-12-14 }}</ref> as the rest of Egypt. Due to its closeness to Helwan, it has very similar averages.

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|location=15th of May City
|Jan high C=19.4
|Feb high C=21.1
|Mar high C=24.4
|Apr high C=29.2
|May high C=33.6
|Jun high C=35.4
|Jul high C=35.9
|Aug high C=35.5
|Sep high C=32.8
|Oct high C=30.8
|Nov high C=26.1
|Dec high C=21.2

|Jan mean C=13.8
|Feb mean C=14.9
|Mar mean C=17.7
|Apr mean C=21.5
|May mean C=25.5
|Jun mean C=27.8
|Jul mean C=28.7
|Aug mean C=28.6
|Sep mean C=26.4
|Oct mean C=24.4
|Nov mean C=20.3
|Dec mean C=15.6

|Jan low C=8.2
|Feb low C=8.7
|Mar low C=11
|Apr low C=13.8
|May low C=17.5
|Jun low C=20.3
|Jul low C=21.6
|Aug low C=21.8
|Sep low C=20
|Oct low C=18.1
|Nov low C=14.5
|Dec low C=10.1

|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm=4
|Feb precipitation mm=3
|Mar precipitation mm=2
|Apr precipitation mm=1
|May precipitation mm=0
|Jun precipitation mm=0
|Jul precipitation mm=0
|Aug precipitation mm=0
|Sep precipitation mm=0
|Oct precipitation mm=0
|Nov precipitation mm=2
|Dec precipitation mm=5

|source 1= ''Climate-Data.org'' (altitude: 87m)<ref name="Climate-Data.org"/>

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==Economy==
===Industry===
To the south, the 15th of May has a group of factories for many products.

===Trading===
15th of May city has several shopping malls, supermarkets and shops.

==Education==
The city has a group of schools such as the El Mostaqbal school.

===Higher Education===
The Higher Institute of Engineering is the most important educational foundation in the city. The city also host its own university known as May University.

==Religion==
The city has a group of mosques which include:

* Masjid al Jafari
* Aly Ibn Aby Taleb
* Mostafa Mosque
* Al Fardos Mosque
* Al Radwan
* Masjid El-Nour
* Fatima, the Prophet Mosque

Also, the city has two churches:

*St. Mark's Church 
*Church of Saint Virgin Mary & St. Athnasyous

== See also ==
* Greater Cairo
* Helwan
* [[Place:List of cities and towns in Egypt|List of cities and towns in Egypt]]
* Maadi

== References ==
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[[Category:Cities in Egypt]]



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