El Maragha
26°42′N31°36′E / 26.700°N 31.600°E / 26.700; 31.600
El Maragha ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ المراغة | |
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 Al-Wahab mosque in Maragha | |
  El Maragha Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°42′N31°36′E / 26.700°N 31.600°E / 26.700; 31.600 | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Sohag |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.33 km2 (2.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 55,952 |
| • Density | 10,500/km2 (27,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Maraghi (Male, Arabic: مراغي) Maraghiyah (Female, Arabic: مراغية) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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
The 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
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
- ^ abc"Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ abCarsten 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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