Al-Minya ( Minya ) ( Arabic: المنيا ) is a governorate in the Arab Republic of Egypt . The administrative center is the city of El Minya . It is located in the center of the country, south of the Nile Delta and Beni-Sueif Governorate , west of the Red Sea Governorate, east of Al-Ghiz Governorate and north of Wadi al-Gedid and Asyut governorates. One of the most densely populated governorates of Upper Egypt .
| Governorate | |||||
| Minya | |||||
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| Arab. المنيا | |||||
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| A country |  Egypt | ||||
| Adm. center | Al minya | ||||
| Governor | Fuad Saadatdin | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Area | 32,279 km² (5th place ) | ||||
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| Timezone | UTC + 2 | ||||
| Largest cities | Al Minya, Mallawi | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 4 607 000 people ( 2011 ) | ||||
| Density | 142.72 people / km² | ||||
| Denominations | Sunni Muslims, Copts | ||||
| Official language | Arab | ||||
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| ISO 3166-2 Code | EG-MN | ||||
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Content
- 1 Name
- 2 Administrative divisions
- 3 Statistics
- 4 Economics
- 4.1 Industry
- 4.2 Agriculture
- 4.3 Tourism
- 5 Famous Natives
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Title
The name of the governorate and its own city of El Minya dates back to the hieroglyph Manaat - an abridged version of the spelling of Manaat Khufu - the full name of the pharaoh Khufu (Cheops). This character is found in the tombs of Beni Hassan . Later, in the Coptic language, the word was transformed into Moon , which means home . Even later, the word was Arabized and turned into today's El Minya .
Administrative Division
The governorate consists of 9 administrative centers (districts), 10 cities and 57 rural local communities, which include 346 villages and 1429 small settlements. Governorate cities:
- New Minya is a new city on the east bank of the Nile, opposite El Minyi.
- Abu Kurkas
- Beni Mazar
- Deir Mavas
- Samalut
- El Idva
- Matai
- Magaga
- Mallawi
- Al minya
Statistics
- Total area: 32,279 km².
- Percentage of Egypt's total area: 3.2%.
- The population as of January 2011 is 4 607 000 people [1] .
- The share of the population of al-Minyi of the total population of Egypt is 5.8% [1] .
Economics
Industry
Leading industries include food processing (including sugar refineries, onion processing), cotton processing, perfumery , cement production, quarrying (mainly sandstone ) and brick production.
Agriculture
The main crops include sugarcane , cotton , legumes , onions , garlic , tomatoes , potatoes , melons and grapes .
Tourism
Tourism is well developed in the governorate, since there are many ancient Egyptian, Roman, Coptic and Muslim historical monuments. Main Attractions:
- Amarna (Tel el-Amarna) - monuments of Ancient Egypt, including Ahetaton ;
- Beni Hassan - monuments of ancient Egypt;
- Germopolis - monuments of the Greco-Roman period;
- Oksirinh - a place of discovery of ancient papyrus ;
- Abu Fan Monastery .
Famous Natives
- Akhenaten - the tenth pharaoh of the XVIII dynasty of Egyptian pharaohs
- Cheops - the third pharaoh of the IV dynasty of the Old Kingdom
- Maria Coptic - wife of Muhammad
- Huda Shaarivi - activist of the feminist movement
- Abdelhakim Amer - military and political figure
- Suzanne Mubarak - wife of the 4th President of Egypt
- Taha Hussein - writer
- Louis Awad - philologist and writer
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Estimation of the number of inhabitants of Egypt by governorates (as of January 1, 2011) Archived on June 26, 2011. (ar.) on the website of the Central Egyptian Bureau of Statistics and Mobilization
Links
- Governorate official website
- Migny University website (inaccessible link)