15th of May (city)
# 15th of May (city)

15th of May City (Arabic: مدينة 15 مايو) is a 'new city' district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt. Its cornerstone was laid in 1978 on an area of 6400 acres, which trippled to 18,000 acres by 2017. It was constructed to solve the problem of insufficient accommodation. However, after almost forty years, it had only 93,574 residents according to the 2017 census.

## 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 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 liberals and Islamists.

## Geography

The 15th of May is a new satellite city located in the southern area of Cairo, and is administered by the New Urban Communities Authority.

### Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh), as the rest of Egypt. Due to its closeness to Helwan, it has very similar averages.

Climate data for 15th of May City :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.4 (75.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 35.9 (96.6) | 35.5 (95.9) | 32.8 (91.0) | 30.8 (87.4) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 28.8 (83.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.6 (83.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 20.3 (68.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 22.1 (71.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 11 (52) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.5 (63.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20 (68) | 18.1 (64.6) | 14.5 (58.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 15.5 (59.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.2) | 17 (0.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 87m) ||||||||||||||

## 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
