Asyut Govrenorate
Appearance
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Asyut Govrenorate (Arabic: محافظة أسيوط Muḥāfaẓat Asyūṭ) is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp. It stretches for aboot 120 km alang the banks o the Nile. The caipital o the govrenorate is the ceety o Asyut.
Etymology
[eedit | eedit soorce]The name o Asyut is derived frae early Egyptian Zawty (Z3JW.TJ), late Egyptian Səyáwt intae Coptic Syowt.
Statistics
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Percentage tae total aurie o Egyp: 2.6%.
- Population: aroond 3.5 million (Male 51.21%; Female 48.79%).
- Population density: 119.6 fowk/km².
- Rural population: 2.2 million; urban population: 0.9 million.
- Percentage tae the whole population o Egyp: 4.3%.
- Population growth rate: 2.6% per year.
- Assiut Govrenorate admeenistrative diveesions: 11 localities, 52 local admeenistrative units, 235 sma veelages, an 971 tiny veelages.[1]
Ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Abnub
- Abutig
- Asyut
- Dairut
- el Badari
- el Fateh
- el Ghanayem
- Manfalut
- Qis (Kusai or el-Qusiya)
- Sahel Selim
- Sedfa
Important sites
[eedit | eedit soorce]History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The govrenorate o Asyut includes the Auncient Egyptian tombs o Meir, an the toun o Durunka, which is a pilgrimage site for mony Copts who come tae visit a monastery dedicatit tae the Virgin Mary.
Prominent fowk frae Asyut
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Akhnoukh Fanous, poleetical activist
- Ester Fanous, female activist
- Hafez Ibrahim, poet
- Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti, writer an poet
- Pape Shenouda III o Alexandria, Pape o the Coptic Orthodox Kirk
See an aa
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ http://www.asuit.gov.eg/EnglishSite/indexen.htm Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Official Website of the Government of Asyut
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Offeecial Wabsteid o the Govrenment o Asyut Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
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