Maghāgha - Maghāgha

Maghāgha · ‏مغاغة‎
GovernorateMinyā
Residents
75.657 (2006)
height
40 m
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Maghāgha

Maghagha, Arabic:مغاغة‎, Maghāgha, is the northernmost city in egyptian Governorate el-Minyā and the administrative seat of the administrative district of the same name. About 76,000 inhabitants (2006) live in the medium-sized town, which hardly offers anything worth seeing.[1]

background

location

Maghāgha is about 70 kilometers from el-Minyā and 60 kilometers from Beni Suef away. Maghāgha is on the west bank of the Nils and rises above the one about 1.5 kilometers to the west Ibrāhīmīya Channel out. From the city you can see an island about two kilometers long on the Nile, which is also used for agriculture.

importance

The city of Maghāgha is probably an Islamic foundation. Pharaonic or late antique remains have not yet been found. A desert route once began in the area of ​​the city el-Bahnasā into the valley el-Baḥrīya.

The main industry in the city and the district is agriculture. Wheat and maize are grown in the outskirts of the city. At the beginning of the 20th century there was a sugar factory in the city. Today cotton and onions are processed here.

The city is the seat of an archbishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church. There were also branches of the Franciscans, des Order of Friars Minor, and since 1944 the Elizabethineswho ran mission schools here.[2]

getting there

City map of Maghāgha

In the street

Maghāgha is connected to Highway 2, which connects to the west side of the Ibrāhīmīya Canal. There is a bypass road for this road in the city area. In the area of ​​the city there are no Nile bridge. The next bridge is only in the city to the south Benī Mazār. Road 27 crosses the Nile south of this city.

By train

Maghāgha can be easily reached by train from Cairo or el-Minyā reach out. The 1 Maghāgha train station is located on the eastern side of the Ibrāhīmīya Canal.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

Mosques

Churches

  • 3  Church of St. Virgin (‏كنيسة السيدة العذراء مريم‎, Kanīsat as-Saiyida al-ʿAdhrāʾ Maryam) (28 ° 38 '46 "N.30 ° 50 ′ 39 ″ E)

activities

shop

kitchen

  • Cafeteria el Taawon, Port Said St.
  • 1  Aulad Ibrahim Abu Hashim (Sons of Ibrahim Abu Hashim). Fish restaurant.(28 ° 38 '53 "N.30 ° 50 ′ 24 ″ E)

accommodation

There are no hotels in the city. Accommodation options exist in el-Minyā.

health

  • Maghāgha General Hospital (Maghaghah General Hospital), Port Said El Zeraey St., Qelliny Village. Tel.: 20 (0)86 755 0035.

Practical advice

  • Post office (Opposite the train station). Tel.: 20 (0)86 758 0023.

trips

The village is 2.5 kilometers southwest of the city esch-Sheikh Ziyād with the mosque of the sheikh of the same name. In the area of ​​the mosque there are several columns about three meters long from the Greco-Roman period.

Significant churches along the Holy Family Escape Route are located in Ischnīn en-Naṣārā and Deir el-Garnūs. In the northwest of the village Qufada the Fānūs Palace and the Church of St. Maria from the first half of the 20th century.

The village is about 22 kilometers north, in the direction of el-Faschn el-Fant with the church of Aba / Apa Klog (Kolluthus), a priest and martyr born in el-Fant. Twice a year, on the 20th Tuba (January 28th) and on the 20th Baūna (June 27th), pilgrimages are held in honor of this saint.

The approach to the extends over about 50 kilometers in a north-westerly direction Samuel Monastery (Deir el-Anbā Ṣamūʾīl), which is already in the Western desert is located.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed November 7, 2014.
  2. ↑Meinardus, Otto F. A.: Christian Egypt, ancient and modern. Cairo: American University at Cairo Press, 1977 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-977-201-496-5 , Pp. 565, 572.
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