15th of May (city)
15th of May City
مدينة 15 مايو | |
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| Coordinates: 29°49′55″N 31°21′36″E / 29.831871°N 31.360050°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo |
| Metropolitan area | Greater Cairo |
| Named after | Corrective Revolution |
| Area | |
• Total | 75.99 km2 (29.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 98,521 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EGY) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
15th of May (Arabic: مدينة 15 مايو) is a new urban community and a satellite city of Cairo, Egypt, located to the south of it. Its cornerstone was laid in 1978 on an area of 6400 acres, which tripled 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.