Cairo is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It consists of the city of Cairo, both the capital city of Egypt and the governorate capital, in addition to six satellite cities: The New Capital, which

15th of May 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.