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]
Historyedit
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.
maragha, المراغةⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉal, wahab, mosque, maraghalocation, egyptcoordinates, 600country, egyptgovernoratesohagarea, total55, population, 2021, total432, density7, time, zoneutc, arabic, المراغة, coptic, ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ, city, sohag, governorate, upper, egypt, loca. 26 42 N 31 36 E 26 700 N 31 600 E 26 700 31 600 El Maragha المراغةⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉAl Wahab mosque in MaraghaEl MaraghaLocation in EgyptCoordinates 26 42 N 31 36 E 26 700 N 31 600 E 26 700 31 600Country EgyptGovernorateSohagArea 1 Total55 6 sq mi 144 0 km2 Population 2021 1 Total432 678 Density7 800 sq mi 3 000 km2 Time zoneUTC 2 EST 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 Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Notable people 4 ReferencesEtymology editThe 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 editEl 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 editMustafa al MaraghiReferences edit a b Al Maraghah Markaz Egypt Population Statistics Charts Map and Location citypopulation de Retrieved 17 March 2023 a b Carsten Peust Konstanz 2010 Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Agypten Gottingen p 61 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a 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 nbsp This geography of Egypt article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title El Maragha amp oldid 1145055673, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
