Nagʿ Ḥammādī - Nagʿ Ḥammādī

The aluminum stadium in Nagʿ Ḥammādī
Nagʿ Ḥammādī · ‏نجع حمادي‎
GovernorateQinā
Residents
45.038 (2006)
height
78 m
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Nagʿ Ḥammādī

Nag Hammadi (Arabic:نجع حمادي‎, Naǧʿ Ḥammādī, „Hamlet of Ḥammādī“), The ancient Chenoboskion (Greek Χηνοβόσκιον), is a city with about 45,000 inhabitants[1] in Upper Egypt in the GovernorateQinā on the west side of the Nile, about 80 kilometers northwest of Luxor. In 1945, important Coptic papyrus codices, the so-called Nag Hammadi scripts, from the 1st to 4th centuries were found in the mountains.

background

Today's city is only a very young establishment. It was founded under Mahmoud Pasha Hammadi in the 19th century.

The most important branches of industry are sugar and aluminum production (Egyptalum) and the manufacture of fibreboard from sugar cane residues.

The city gained importance through the so-called Nag Hammadi writings, which were found in December 1945 in the mountains outside the city. Twelve books were almost completely preserved. They contained 52 mostly Gnostic treatises from the period between the 1st century and the 4th century. The writings came from the nearby monastery of St. Pachomius, where they were hidden by monks. The most important scripture contains the Gospel of Thomas.

In early 2010, the city made headlines again when, on the evening of January 7, 2010, after the Coptic Christmas Mass, eight Coptic Christians and a Muslim guard were shot dead from a moving car by Muslim fanatics.[2] On January 8, 2010, three suspects were arrested,[3] on January 16, 2011, the main culprit was sentenced to death.[4]

getting there

In the street

By train

Nagʿ Ḥammādī is on the railway line Cairo–Aswan.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

  • 1  Palace of Prince Yūsuf Kamāl (‏قصر البرينس يوسف كمال‎, Qaṣr al-Brins Yūsuf Kamāl). Price: LE 40, for foreign students LE 20 (as of 11/2019).(26 ° 3 '4 "N.32 ° 14 '39 "E.)

activities

shop

kitchen

accommodation

  • 1  Aluminum hotel (‏فندق الألومنيوم‎, Funduq al-Alūminyūm), Aluminum, Nag Hammadi (in the east of the city, north of the stadium). Tel.: 20 (0)96 356 3200, Fax: 20 (0)96 356 3200. 3-star hotel with 72 mostly two-bed rooms.(26 ° 0 ′ 46 ″ N.32 ° 18 '59 "E)

trips

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑Egypt: Governorates & Major Cities, citypopulation.de, accessed on May 25, 2014.
  2. ↑Astrid Frefel: Bloody Christmas in Upper Egypt, Message from the Standard dated January 7, 2010.
  3. ↑APA: Arrests after bloodbath at Coptic Christmas mass, News from the Standard dated January 8, 2010.
  4. ↑Essam Fadl: Naga Hammadi Christmas shooter sentenced to death, Message from The Daily News Egypt dated Jan. 16, 2011.
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