Aba al-Waqf

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Aba al-Waqf
أبا الوقف
Abā al Waqf
Aba al-Waqf is located in Egypt
Aba al-Waqf
Aba al-Waqf
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 28°35′14″N 30°46′09″E / 28.58721°N 30.76926°E / 28.58721; 30.76926[1]
Country Egypt
GovernorateMinya
Elevation
[1]
148 ft (45 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

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 (9.7 km) south of Maghagha, and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Nile.[2]

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. ^ a b "Geonames.org. Abā al Waqf". Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypte. Göttingen. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b Collier, Peter (1884). Sorghum. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. p. 280. ISBN 9785879072341. Retrieved 21 July 2020. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  5. ^ Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 3. Retrieved 20 July 2020.