El Maragha
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 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
El Maragha (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-cop[1]) is a city in the Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile.[2]
Etymology
The name of the city is a corruption of Template:Lang-ar.[1] This claim is also supported by a Coptic translation of this toponym (Template:Lang-cop).[3]
History
El 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
References
- ^ 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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