Asyut Govrenorate

Asyut Govrenorate (Arabic: ‏محافظة أسيوط‎ Muḥāfaẓat Asyūṭ) is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp. It stretches for aboot 120 km alang the banks o the Nile. The caipital o the govrenorate is the ceety o Asyut.

Asyut Govrenorate on the map o Egyp

Etymology

The name o Asyut is derived frae early Egyptian Zawty (Z3JW.TJ), late Egyptian Səyáwt intae Coptic Syowt.

Statistics

• Percentage tae total aurie o Egyp: 2.6%.
• Population: aroond 3.5 million (Male 51.21%; Female 48.79%).
• Population density: 119.6 fowk/km².
• Rural population: 2.2 million; urban population: 0.9 million.
• Percentage tae the whole population o Egyp: 4.3%.
• Population growth rate: 2.6% per year.
• Assiut Govrenorate admeenistrative diveesions: 11 localities, 52 local admeenistrative units, 235 sma veelages, an 971 tiny veelages.

Ceeties

• Abnub
• Abutig
• Asyut
• Dairut
• el Badari
• el Fateh
• el Ghanayem
• Manfalut
• Qis (Kusai or el-Qusiya)
• Sahel Selim
• Sedfa

Important sites

• Deir el-Gabrawi
• Durunka
• Meir

History

The govrenorate o Asyut includes the Auncient Egyptian tombs o Meir, an the toun o Durunka, which is a pilgrimage site for mony Copts who come tae visit a monastery dedicatit tae the Virgin Mary.

Prominent fowk frae Asyut

• Akhnoukh Fanous, poleetical activist
• Ester Fanous, female activist
• Hafez Ibrahim, poet
• Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti, writer an poet
• Pape Shenouda III o Alexandria, Pape o the Coptic Orthodox Kirk

See an aa

• Asyut
• Govrenorates o Egyp

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial Wabsteid o the Govrenment o Asyut Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine