Kena [1] ( Arabic: محافظة قنا , Kina [2] ) is a governorate in the Arab Republic of Egypt . The administrative center is the city of Kena . Located in the center of the country, in the Nile Valley, west of the Red Sea governorate, east of the Wadi al-Gedid governorate, south of the Sohag governorate and north of Aswan governorate. In the center of Ken governorate is an enclave with a small Luxor governorate. Ken stretched along the Nile for 240 km.
| Governorate | |||||
| Ken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab. محافظة قنا | |||||
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| A country |  Egypt | ||||
| Adm. center | Ken | ||||
| Governor | Magdy Ayub | ||||
| Chairman of the local council | Ahmed Abdelgani | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Area | 8 980 km² (14th place ) | ||||
| Height | |||||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 | ||||
| Largest cities | Kena, Isna | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 3,001,494 people ( 2006 ) ( 13th place ) | ||||
| Density | 334.24 people / km² (13th place) | ||||
| Denominations | Sunni Muslims, Copts | ||||
| Official language | Arab | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| ISO 3166-2 Code | EG-KN | ||||
| Official site | |||||
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Content
- 1 Climate
- 2 Administrative divisions
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Climate
Summer in Ken is always hot, winter is relatively cool. In winter and summer, the climate is dry. Occasionally, one can observe heavy rains brought from hills from the Red Sea .
Administrative Division
The governorate consists of 13 administrative centers (districts) and 51 rural local communities, which include 136 villages and 1637 small settlements. The most important centers and cities of governorates:
- Abu tisht
- Forcemeat
- Nag hammadi
- Al-waqf
- Disna
- Ken
- Kift
- Kus
- Nakada
- Armant
- Isna
Notes
- ↑ Ken // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - S. 159.
- ↑ Instructions for the transfer on maps of the geographical names of Arab countries. - M .: Nauka, 1966 .-- S. 23.