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This is a list of towns and villages in Egypt. There are 4,496 village municipalities and 199 town municipalities. There are 4,496 village municipalities and 199 town municipalities. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Villages in Egypt" ... Abu Simbel (village) Al-Rawda, North Sinai; Alashraf albahria; Alashraf alsharqia; Albarahima; Alearki; Aleulayqat; Alharajia;
Sawada (Arabic: سوادة) is a village in the Minya Governorate, Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile. It borders the city New Minya . The village had a population of 10,571 in 2006.
The city was founded in the 19th century on the site of a village called Nazlat az-Zaqāzīq which was named after the Zaqzuq family. [3] The family's name itself comes from a dialectal word zaqzuq or ziqziq which means "a small creature" (e.g. a fish or a mouse) [4] and comes from a Coptic word ϫⲉⲕϫⲓⲕ "ant or other insect".
Roda Island (or Rawdah Island, Arabic: جزيرة الروضة, Jazīrat ar-Rawdah [ɡɪˈziːɾɪt eɾˈɾoːdɑ]) is an island neighbourhood in the Nile in central Cairo, alternatively or partially known as Manial al-Roda, or al-Manial, [1] in reference to the main village that existed on the island before it was urbanised, [2] and is part of the Misr al-Qadima district.
Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Egypt was the period of time starting at the first human settlement and ending at the First Dynasty of Egypt around 3100 BC.. At the end of prehistory, "Predynastic Egypt" is traditionally defined as the period from the final part of the Neolithic period beginning c. 6210 BC to the end of the Naqada III period c. 3000 BC.
It is one of three caravanserais in the south of Egypt, and it is the only one that still maintains its unique original design. The Wekala was one of the most important trade centers in southern Egypt in the 18th century, with traders from all over Africa coming through the west desert and the Red Sea, and stands as a testament to the strength ...
Luxor, Minya, Sohag, Qena and Asyut have the widest difference of temperatures between days and nights of any city in Egypt, with almost 16 °C (29 °F) difference. Sohag is one of the warmest places in Egypt due to its location on the eastern side of Sahara in North Africa. Sohag is ranked the 5th driest place in Egypt and the 9th globally.