El-Maragha

El Maragha

El Maragha

Place in Sohag, Egypt

26°42′N 31°36′E

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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

  1. [1]
    "Al-Marāghah (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. p. 61.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. [3]
    "City profile for strategic urban plan of El Maragha city". unhabitat.org. UN Habitat. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 1586.
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