Beni Suef

Beni Suef, (  , Coptic:  Panisuf) is the caipital ceety o the Beni Suef Govrenorate in Egyp.

 Owerview 

Beni Suef is an important agricultural centre, which grew frae a sma veelage at the turn o the century an nou hosts a population o ower 200,000. It wis famous for its linen manufacturin in the Middle Ages, an continues tae be hivily involved in cotton-spinnin an cairpet-makin. It is an aa kent for its alabast, quarried in the nearbi hills. Beni Suef is locatit aboot 115 km (72 mile) sooth o Cairo. The Meidum Pyramid an Faiyum Oasis are nearbi. Beni Suef is kent for its lairge mansions, includin the Ismail Mansion, awned bi General Ahmed Mamdouh Ismail. Beni Suef Varsity an the private Al Nahda Varsity are locatit in Beni Suef.

 Climate 

 Accidents 

A train accident in 1995 near Beni Suef left 75 fowk deid.
The Beni Suef Cultural Palace Fire, on September 5, 2005, killed 46 fowk.

 Notable residents 

 Berlenti Abdul Hamid (1935) - an icon o Egyptian cinema's gowden age.

 See an aw 

 Bishop Athanasius
 The Dochters o St. Mary

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

 Fawin Rain Genomics, Inc. - Beni Suef, Egypt


Category:Beni Suef Govrenorate
Category:Govrenorate caipitals in Egyp
Category:Populatit places in Egyp