26°42′N 31°36′E / 26.700°N 31.600°E
El Maragha
المراغة ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ | |
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 Al-Wahab mosque in Maragha | |
  El Maragha Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°42′N 31°36′E / 26.700°N 31.600°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Sohag |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55.6 sq mi (144.0 km2) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 432,678 |
| • Density | 7,800/sq mi (3,000/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
El Maragha (Arabic: المراغة, Coptic: ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ[2]) is a city in the Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile.[3]
Etymology
editThe name of the city is a corruption of Arabic: مغارة, romanized: maghara, lit. 'cave'.[2] This claim is also supported by a Coptic translation of this toponym (Coptic: ⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ or ⲡⲓⲥⲡⲉⲗⲉⲱⲛ, lit. 'cave').[4]
History
editEl Maragha witnessed many historical events; the most prominent one is the battle of Barrod, in which a French flotilla was captured and its crew were killed on 3 March 1799.
Notable people
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Al-Marāghah (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ a b Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. p. 61.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "City profile for strategic urban plan of El Maragha city". unhabitat.org. UN Habitat. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 1586.
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