Asyut Govrenorate

Asyut Govrenorate ( ) is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp. It stretches for aboot 120 km alang the banks o the Nile. The caipital o the govrenorate is the ceety o Asyut.

 Etymology 
The name o Asyut is derived frae early Egyptian Zawty (Z3JW.TJ), late Egyptian Səyáwt intae Coptic Syowt.

 Statistics 
 Percentage tae total aurie o Egyp: 2.6%.
 Population: aroond 3.5 million (Male 51.21%; Female 48.79%).
 Population density: 119.6 fowk/km².
 Rural population: 2.2 million; urban population: 0.9 million.
 Percentage tae the whole population o Egyp: 4.3%.
 Population growth rate: 2.6% per year.
 Assiut Govrenorate admeenistrative diveesions: 11 localities, 52 local admeenistrative units, 235 sma veelages, an 971 tiny veelages.http://www.asuit.gov.eg/EnglishSite/indexen.htm  Official Website of the Government of Asyut

Ceeties
 Abnub
 Abutig
 Asyut
 Dairut
 el Badari
 el Fateh
 el Ghanayem
 Manfalut
 Qis (Kusai or el-Qusiya)
 Sahel Selim
 Sedfa

Important sites
 Deir el-Gabrawi
 Durunka
 Meir

 History 
The govrenorate o Asyut includes the Auncient Egyptian tombs o Meir, an the toun o Durunka, which is a pilgrimage site for mony Copts who come tae visit a monastery dedicatit tae the Virgin Mary.

 Prominent fowk frae Asyut 
 Akhnoukh Fanous, poleetical activist
 Ester Fanous, female activist
 Hafez Ibrahim, poet
 Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti, writer an poet
 Pape Shenouda III o Alexandria, Pape o the Coptic Orthodox Kirk

See an aa
Asyut
Govrenorates o Egyp

References

Freemit airtins
 Offeecial Wabsteid o the Govrenment o Asyut 


Category:Govrenorates o Egyp