Aba_al-Waqf

Aba al-Waqf

Aba al-Waqf

Place in Minya, Egypt

Aba al-Waqf Arabic: أبا الوقف Abā al Waqf) is a village in the markaz of Maghagha in Minya Governorate, Egypt. It is about 6 miles (10km) south of Maghagha, and 2 miles (3km) west of the Nile.[2]

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Etymology

The name of the village comes from Egyptian jp.t "harem" (Ancient Greek: Ὠφις). The Coptic and the Greek name of Luxor (Coptic: ⲡⲁⲡⲉ, Ancient Greek: Ἀπις, Ὠφιεῖον) also share the same etymology.[3]

History

In the late 1800s, Aba al-Waqf was the site of one of the largest sugar mills in the world.[4] The mill, which belonged to the Khedive,[4] was constructed beginning in 1872 on the banks of the Ibrahimiya Canal.[2]

The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Aba al-Waqf (as Aba-el-Wakf in the district of Beni Mazar in Minya Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 4,546 (2,293 men and 2,253 women).[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Geonames.org. Abā al Waqf". Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    Anderson, William (1872). "On the Aba-el-Wakf Sugar Factory, Upper Egypt". Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 35. London: Institution of Civil Engineers. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypte. Göttingen. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. [4]
    Collier, Peter (1884). Sorghum. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. p. 280. ISBN 9785879072341. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 3. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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