Minya Govrenorate

Minya Govrenorate ( , ) is ane o the govrenorates o Upper Egyp. The name oreeginates frae the chief ceety o the govrenorate, oreeginally kent in Sahidic Coptic as Tmoone () an in Bohairic as Thmonē (), meanin “the residence”, in reference tae a monastery umwhile in the aurie. The name mey an aa oreeginate frae the ceety's name in Egyptian Men'at Khufu.

 Naitional Holiday 

The naitional holiday o the Minya govrenorate is on 18 Mairch. It commemorates those who wur executit bi the Breetish at Deir Mawas on 18 Mairch 1919.

 Agricultur an industry 
Minya Govrenorate is an important agricultural an industrial region. Amang its principal crops are sugar-cane, cotton, beans, soya beans, garlic, ingans, vegetables o various sorts, tomatoes, potatoes, watermelons, an grapes. Amang the leadin local industries are fuid processin (especially sugar an the dryin an grindin o ingans), spinnin an weavin o cotton, perfumes, oils an fats, cement-makin, quarryin (especially limestone), an brick-makin.

 Location an Settin 

The caipital o Minya govrenorate is the ceety o Minya. The govrenorate is ane o the maist heichlie populatit govrenorates o Upper Egyp. It contains nine ceeties; 3,375 veelages; an 10,875 hamlets, athin the follaein nine boroughs, frae north tae sooth:
 Abu Qirqas
 El Idwa
 Minya (Men'at Khufu)
 Beni Mazar
 Deir Mawas
 Maghagha
 Mallawi
 Matai
 Samalut

Ither important sites in the Minya Governorate include:
 Akhetaten (Amarna)
 Dehenet (Akoris or Tihna el-Gebel)
 Ansena (Antinopolis or Sheikh Ibada)
 Beni Hasan
 Deir el-Bersha
 el-Sheikh Sa'id
 Fraser Tombs
 Hatnub
 Hebenu (Kom el-Ahmar)
 Herwer (Hur)
 Khmun (Hermopolis Magna or el-Ashmunein)
 Per Medjed (Oxyrhynchus or el-Bahnasa)
 Sharuna (el-Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris)
 Speos Artemidos (Istabl Antar)
 Tuna el-Gebel
 Zawyet el-Maiyitin

 Monasteries in the Minya Govrenorate 
Monastery o Saunt Fana, near Mallawi

 Prominent fowk frae Minya Govrenorate 

 Abdel Hakim Amer, military general
 Akhenaten, Pharaoh o the Aichteent dynasty
 Hakim, folkloric sangster
 Hoda Shaarawi, female activist
 Khufu, seicont Pharaoh o the Fowert dynasty
 Louis Awad, writer an intellectual
 Maria al-Qibtiyya, wife o Muhammad
 Sanaa Gamil, actress
 Suzanne Mubarak, the first lady o Egyp
 Taha Hussein, writer an intellectual

 Statistics 

 Tot aurie: 32,279 km².
 Percentage tae tot aurie o Egyp: 3.2%.
 Population: aroond 4.2 million
 Population density: 115 fowk/km²
 Rural population:
 Percentage tae the whole population o Egyp: 5.1%
 Population growthe rate:
 Minya Govrenorate admeenistrative diveesions: 9 localities, 57 local admeenistrative units, 346 sma veelages, an 1429 tiny veelages.

 Sources 
 The Egyptian Tourist Authority, - ETA.

 Freemit airtins 
 The Govrenorate's Offeecial wab page. 
 Minya University wab page.


Category:Govrenorates o Egyp