Beni Suef
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Beni Suef, is the capital city of the Beni Suef Governorate in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

.

Overview

Beni Suef is an important agricultural center, which grew from a small village at the turn of the century and now hosts a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of over 200,000. It was famous for its linen
Linen
Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum. Linen is labor-intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather....

 manufacturing in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

, and continues to be heavily involved in cotton-spinning and carpet
Carpet
A carpet is a textile floor covering consisting of an upper layer of "pile" attached to a backing. The pile is generally either made from wool or a manmade fibre such as polypropylene,nylon or polyester and usually consists of twisted tufts which are often heat-treated to maintain their...

-making. It is also known for its alabaster
Alabaster
Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals, when used as a material: gypsum and calcite . The former is the alabaster of the present day; generally, the latter is the alabaster of the ancients...

, quarried in the nearby hills. Beni Suef is located about 115 km (71.5 mi) south of Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

. The Meidum Pyramid and Fayum Oasis are nearby. Beni Suef is known for its large mansions, including the Ismail Mansion, owned by General Ahmed Mamdouh Ismail. Beni Suef University and the private Al Nahda University are located in Beni Suef.

Climate

Accidents

  • A train
    Egyptian National Railways
    Egyptian National Railways is the national railway of Egypt and managed by the parastatal Egyptian Railway Authority .-1833–77:...

     accident in 1995 near Beni Suef left 75 people dead.
  • The Beni Suef Cultural Palace Fire, on September 5, 2005, killed 46 people.

Notable residents

  • Berlenti Abdul Hamid
    Berlenti Abdul Hamid
    Berlenti Abdul Hamid is an icon of Egyptian cinema's golden age. She is known for her roles as a "temptress". She has married Abdel Hakim Amer, the first vice-president to former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.-Early life:...

     (1935) - an icon of Egyptian cinema's golden age.

Sports

  • Telephonat Bani Sweif
    Telephonat Bani Sweif
    Telephonat Bani Sweif is a football club of an Egyptian Communication Company from the city of Beni Suef...

     football team has been promoted for the first time in the Egyptian Premier League
    Egyptian Premier League
    The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...

     for the 2011/2012 season.

See also

  • Bishop Athanasius
    Athanasius, Metropolitan of Beni Suef
    Metropolitan Athanasius was the Coptic Orthodox bishop of Beni Suef and al-Bahnassa, Egypt, from 1962 until his death in 2000. Bishop Athanasius had, just as Pope Shenouda III, his roots in the Sunday School movement, a reform movement in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt...

  • The Daughters of St. Mary
    The Daughters of St. Mary
    The Daughters of St. Mary is a Coptic community of nuns based in Beni Suef, Egypt.- History :Bishop Athanasius founded The Daughters of St. Mary during the feast of the Holy Cross with the blessing of then Patriarch Kyrillos VI, and initiated their first women in 1970...


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