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· al-Minya, Al-Minya, Al-Minia, El-Minya, El-Menia, and Menia are all phonetic translations of the Arabic name for al-Minya city and province north of upper Egypt.
· al-Minya was used in our pages because it is commonly used in English language maps.
· Minya, al-, also Minya, city, eastern Egypt, capital of al-Minya Governorate, in Upper Egypt between the western bank of the Nile River and the Ibrahimiyah Canal. The city is on a railroad and is an important river port and trade center for cotton, sugarcane, and grain. Industries include cotton ginning, wool and sugar milling, and dairying. A museum of antiquities and a university are situated here. Founded possibly as a principality during the 12th Dynasty, al-Minya underwent reconstruction under the Baghdad caliphs. Al-Minya is also known as el-Minya, Minya ibn Khasib, Minia, or Minieh. Population (1986 estimate) 203,300.
"Minya, al-," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1993 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation
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