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Monufia
Monufia Governorate ( ar, محافظة المنوفية ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, to the south of Gharbia Governorate and to the north of Cairo. The governorate is named after Menouf, an ancient city which was the capital of the governorate until 1826. The current governor (as of 2018) is Said Mohammed Mohammed Abbas. Municipal divisions The governorate is divided into municipal divisions, with a total estimated population as of July 2017 of 4,319,082. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name. Population According to population estimates in 2015, the majority of residents in the governorate lived in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of only 20.6%. Out of an estimated 3,941,293 people residing in the governorate, 3,128,460 people lived in rural areas as opposed to only 812,833 in urban areas. Cities The capital of the Monufia Governorate is the city of Shibin El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Egypt
Egypt has a Centralisation, centralised system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive (government), Executive. The country is divided into twenty-seven governorates ( '; ; genitive case#Arabic, genitive case: ; plural: '), the top tier of local administration. A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Egypt and serves at the president's discretion. Governors have the civilian rank of minister and report directly to the Prime Minister of Egypt, prime minister, who chairs the Board of Governors ''(majlis al-muhafzin)'' and meets with them on a regular basis. The Ministry of Local Development, Minister of Local Development coordinates the governors and their governorate's budgets. Overview Egypt generally has four tiers of local administration units: governorates, cities, counties ''(marakiz)'', districts (subdivisions of cities) and villages (subdivisions of counties). There is a tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Bagour
El Bagour ( ar, الباجور ) is a small city in northern Egypt. It is located in the Nile Delta in the Monufia Governorate. El Bagour has 48 surrounding villages. Location El Bagour is located in the eastern part of Monufia Governorate, has borders with Benha to the east - 13 km, Menouf to the west - 15 km, Shibin El Kom to the north - 12 km and Ashmoun to the south - 20 km Climate Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh). Population According to 2006 census, Population reached 304,420 citizens ( Main city and surrounding villages ). Main city's population is about 50,000 citizens. Gallery File:Bagour-stadium.jpg, El Bagour Stadium File:Bagour-stadium-street.jpg, El Bagour Stadium St. See also * List of cities and towns in Egypt A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuhada, Egypt
Shuhada ( ar, الشهداء) is a city and corresponding markaz in Monufia Governorate, Egypt. As of 2019, its estimated population is 358,486, with 72,895 people living in urban areas and 285,591 living in rural areas. Name and history The name "''al-shuhada''" means "the martyrs", referring to the presence of the shrines of martyrs of the Islamic conquest of Egypt. The most prominent of these is the shrine of Sidi Shibl, said to be the son of the Companion Fadl ibn al-Abbas. Other tombs of martyrs are located in the same complex, including one called "Sidi al-Arba'in", or "the holy forty", as well as the "Sab'a banat", or "seven girls", traditionally held to be Sidi Shibl's seven sisters. Sidi Shibl's shrine is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in the Nile Delta. It takes place one week before the mawlid of Ahmad al-Badawi in Tanta. Nothing is known of Shuhada before the end of the Mamluk period. It had emerged as a local religious site by 916 AH (1510-11 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tala, Egypt
Tala, sometimes also transliterated Talla ( ar, تلا, from ), is a city in the northern part of Monufia Governorate, Egypt. The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Tala as a city in its own district in Monufia Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 9,653 (4,784 men and 4,869 women). The village of Kafr Zarqan accounts for over 1,500 of these residents, according to the 2006 census. See also * List of cities and towns in Egypt A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... * Kafr Zarqan References Populated places in Monufia Governorate {{egypt-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Egypt
Egypt has a Centralisation, centralised system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive (government), Executive. The country is divided into twenty-seven governorates ( '; ; genitive case#Arabic, genitive case: ; plural: '), the top tier of local administration. A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Egypt and serves at the president's discretion. Governors have the civilian rank of minister and report directly to the Prime Minister of Egypt, prime minister, who chairs the Board of Governors ''(majlis al-muhafzin)'' and meets with them on a regular basis. The Ministry of Local Development, Minister of Local Development coordinates the governors and their governorate's budgets. Overview Egypt generally has four tiers of local administration units: governorates, cities, counties ''(marakiz)'', districts (subdivisions of cities) and villages (subdivisions of counties). There is a tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shibin El Kom
Shibin El Kom ( ar, شبين الكوم , colloquially shortened to ''Shibin'') is a city in Egypt's Nile Delta, and the capital of the Monufia Governorate. Etymology The city was previously known as Shaybin as-Ssarya () the first part of which Ramzi connects to ''ʾašyab'' "grey-coloured, old".ابن مماتي ص156 It appears to be a translation of akin to Shaybin al-Qasr (, ), modern Shibin el-Qanatir, and possibly points out that Shibin el Kom used to be one of the Roman military camps in Lower Egypt. Facilities While the city is not a new one, its infrastructure is being modernized. The most important central and local government offices are located in the city, as well as the main branches of Menoufia University. The city has several public and private schools, hospitals, a large stadium, a regional office of Telecom Egypt, organized trade unions, athletic teams, political parties and social organizations and a chamber of commerce. Climate Shibin's climate is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadat City
Sadat City ( ar, مدينة السادات ' ) is a city in the Monufia Governorate, Egypt. It is named after late president Anwar Sadat. The city is located northwest of Cairo. It is a first generation new urban community and one of the largest industrial cities in the country. The city is surrounded by a 350 km2 green belt, which has earned it a place in the top ten list of environmentally friendly industrial cities in the Middle East. Industry Sadat City has industry in a variety of sectors and in 2017, more land was slated and offered for industrial investment in Sadat. Climate Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh). See also * List of cities and towns in Egypt * Anwar Sadat * Beheira governorate * 6th of October City * New Cairo * New Borg El Arab * Greater Cairo The Greater Cairo Region (GCR; ar, القاهرة الكبرى, Al-Qāhira al-Kubrā) is th an economic region with no administrative body comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birket El Sab
Birket El Sabaa ( ar, بركة السبع) is a city in the Monufia Governorate, Egypt. See also * List of cities and towns in Egypt A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References Populated places in Monufia Governorate {{egypt-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashmoun
Ashmoun ( ar, أشمون) is a city in the south of Monufia Governorate, Egypt. The city's name is originated from the Ancient Egyptian language and it means the "Fortress" See also * List of cities and towns in Egypt A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References External links Ashmoun Facebook Page Populated places in Monufia Governorate {{egypt-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quesna
Quesna ( ar, قويسنا ) is a city in Monufia Governorate, Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter .... It has an area of 49009 feddans (210 square kilometers). The older name of the town is Qusaniya (). Notable people * Tamer Abdel Raouf References Populated places in Monufia Governorate {{egypt-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menouf
Menouf ( ar, منوف, from ) is a city in Egypt located in the Nile Delta. It has an area of 18.76 square kilometers. The city gave name to the Monufia Governorate that it is located in and it was the capital of the governorate until 1826. Menouf is one of the several continually inhabited ancient Egyptian cities in the governorate. Name Menouf was formerly called ''Minuf al-Ulyah (''), which comes from (with variants ⲉⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ ⲣⲏⲥ and ⲁⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ). "The upper" in this case also means "southern", i.e. located upriver in relation to the Nile's flow (see Upper Egypt), which was used to differentiate it from Minuf as-Sufli (, ), modern Mahallat Menouf. The Coptic name Panouf in turn derives from . The city's Greek name Onouphis () comes from the Egyptian name as well. History Panouf was a bishopric by the middle of the fourth century as evidenced by the attendance of Bishop Adelphis of Onouphis at a synod in Alexandria in 362. During the Heraclean rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanawan
Shanawan ( ar, شنوان) is one of the biggest villages in Monufia Governorate, Egypt. It is in the middle between Shibin El Kom Shibin El Kom ( ar, شبين الكوم , colloquially shortened to ''Shibin'') is a city in Egypt's Nile Delta, and the capital of the Monufia Governorate. Etymology The city was previously known as Shaybin as-Ssarya () the first part of wh ... City and Al-Baghor City. Shanawan is famous for vegetable products. It is marked by the taro (AlQulqas). The biggest families in Shanawan are Sherif, Eissa, El-Gazzar, Al-Naggar, Elnemr, Al-Bambi, Al-Khaiyat, Abou Hashhash, Abdou, Zaied, Abd El Bary and Abou-Elsoud. References Populated places in Monufia Governorate {{egypt-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
