El Maragha

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| name = El Maragha

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| native_name = المراغة
ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ

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| image_caption = Al-Wahab mosque in Maragha

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| subdivision_name1 = Sohag

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| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Al-Marāghah (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/egypt/admin/sawh%C4%81j/2604__al_mar%C4%81ghah/ |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=17 March 2023}}

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| population_total = 432,678

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El Maragha ({{langx|ar|المراغة}}, {{Langx|cop|ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ}}{{Cite book|last=Carsten Peust|first=Konstanz|title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten|year=2010|location=Göttingen|pages=61}}) is a city in the Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile.{{cite web |title=City profile for strategic urban plan of El Maragha city |url=https://unhabitat.org/city-profile-for-strategic-urban-plan-of-el-maragha-city/ |website=unhabitat.org |publisher=UN Habitat |access-date=11 December 2018}}

Etymology

The name of the city is a corruption of {{Langx|ar|مغارة|lit=cave|translit=maghara}}. This claim is also supported by a Coptic translation of this toponym ({{Langx|cop|ⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ or ⲡⲓⲥⲡⲉⲗⲉⲱⲛ|lit=cave}}).{{Cite book |last=Stefan |first=Timm |title=Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit |year=1988 |pages=1586}}

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.

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References

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{{Cities of Egypt}}

{{Sohag Governorate Markazes}}

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Category:Populated places in Sohag Governorate

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