Qiman al-Arus (, , , ''Komá'')
is a village in the
Beni Suef Governorate
Beni Suef ( ') is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is situated in the center of the country and is located in northern Upper Egypt.
Overview
The governorate's capital is the city of Beni Suef, located about 120 km south of Cairo on the ...
of
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
.
The city's name comes from .
It is famed as the birthplace of
St. Anthony, whose
hagiography
A hagiography (; ) is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a preacher, priest, founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's religions. Early Christian ...
claimed his family was wealthy and owned sizable estates in the area in the early 3rd century AD.
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Former populated places in Egypt
Populated places in Beni Suef Governorate
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