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Minya is the capital of Minya Governorate
Minya Governorate

Minya Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt of Upper Egypt. The name originates from the chief city of the governorate, originally known in Coptic language as Tmoone and in Bohairic as Thmone , meaning ?the residence?, in reference to a monastery formerly in the area....
 in Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
. The name of the city is derived from its Egyptian
Egyptian language

Egyptian is a branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages language family along with the Chadic languages, Berber languages, Semitic languages, Cushitic languages and possibly Omotic languages languages....
 name Men'at Khufu. The name may also originate from the city's name in Sahidic Coptic
Coptic language

Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the final stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic languages language spoken in Egypt until at least the seventeenth century....
 Tmoone and in Bohairic Thmone , meaning “the residence”, in reference to an early monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
 formerly in the area. It is the city where the Codex Tchacos
Codex Tchacos

File:Codex Tchacos p33.jpgThe Codex Tchacos is an ancient Egyptian Coptic language papyrus containing early Christian Gnosticism texts from approximately 300 A.D.,:...
 was discovered.

Bride of Upper Egypt
Minya lies on the west bank of the Nile
Nile

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the List of rivers by length in the world.The Nile has two major tributary, the White Nile and Blue Nile, the latter being the source of most of the Nile's water and silt, but the former being the longer of the two....
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Minya is the capital of Minya Governorate
Minya Governorate

Minya Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt of Upper Egypt. The name originates from the chief city of the governorate, originally known in Coptic language as Tmoone and in Bohairic as Thmone , meaning ?the residence?, in reference to a monastery formerly in the area....
 in Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
. The name of the city is derived from its Egyptian
Egyptian language

Egyptian is a branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages language family along with the Chadic languages, Berber languages, Semitic languages, Cushitic languages and possibly Omotic languages languages....
 name Men'at Khufu. The name may also originate from the city's name in Sahidic Coptic
Coptic language

Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the final stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic languages language spoken in Egypt until at least the seventeenth century....
 Tmoone and in Bohairic Thmone , meaning “the residence”, in reference to an early monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
 formerly in the area. It is the city where the Codex Tchacos
Codex Tchacos

File:Codex Tchacos p33.jpgThe Codex Tchacos is an ancient Egyptian Coptic language papyrus containing early Christian Gnosticism texts from approximately 300 A.D.,:...
 was discovered.

Bride of Upper Egypt


Minya lies on the west bank of the Nile
Nile

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the List of rivers by length in the world.The Nile has two major tributary, the White Nile and Blue Nile, the latter being the source of most of the Nile's water and silt, but the former being the longer of the two....
. It is dubbed by the locals "Bride of Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt

File:Ancient Egypt map-en.svgUpper Egypt is a narrow strip of land that extends from the Cataracts of the Nile section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Asyut is sometimes known as Middle Egypt....
" . This represents its strategic location in Middle Egypt
Middle Egypt

Middle Egypt is the section of land between lower Egypt and Upper Egypt, stretching from El-Aiyat in the north to Asyut in the south....
 as a vital link between the north and the south of Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
. This name may also be an analogy with Alexandria
Alexandria

Alexandria , with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports....
, nicknamed the "Bride of the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
". The name could also refer to a famous ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
ian tradition, possibly near one of the local ancient sites, known as the bride of the Nile. This was a sacrificial practice of sinking the statue of a woman into the River Nile as a token wife for the annual flood
Flood

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide....
 to come high and early. The Governorate of Minya has nine cities (from north to south) 1- El Edwah 2- Maghagha 3- Bani Mazar 4- Matay 5- Samalot 6- El Minya 7- Abu Qurqas 8- Mallawy 9- Deir Mawas

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