GIRGA

gĭrˈ– or Jirjajĭrˈjă, town (1986 pop. 71,564), central Egypt, on the Nile. It is noted for its pottery; a sugar refining industry was established in the 1980s. The town is the seat of a Coptic bishop and derives its name from the old Mara Girgis Coptic monastery, which was dedicated to St. George. A Roman Catholic monastery, said to be the oldest in Egypt, is in Girga. Nearby is the ancient city of Abydos.

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Egypt: A Compendium
Book by Raye R. Platt, Mohammed Bahy Hefny; American Geographical Society, 1958
Subjects: Egypt--Description And Travel, Egypt--Economic Conditions--1918-
...Population Cairo Cairo 2, 090, 654 Tahta Girga 37, 095 Alexandria Alexandria 919, 024...35, 624 Tanta Gharbiya 139, 926 Akhmim Girga 34, 788 Mahalla el Kubra Gharbiya 115...Bilqas Gharbiya 34, 771 Suez Suez 107, 244 Girga Girga 33, 631 El Mansura Daqahliya 101...
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How Many Miles to Babylon? Travels and Adventures to Egypt and Beyond, 1300 to 1640
Book by Anne Wolff; Liverpool University Press, 2003
Subjects: Egypt--Description And Travel, Egypt--History--1250-1517, Egypt--History--1517-1882, Europeans--Egypt--History, Travelers--Egypt--History
...to and from Alexandria and Jerusalem. Girga was a largish town in the sixteenth century...as all the grain which is gathered from Girga to the south is brought there. As well...the Said frontier and the land of Nubia. Girga lay about half a mile away from the west...
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Bonaparte in Egypt
Book by J. Christopher Herold; Harper & Row, 1962
Subjects: Egypt--History--French Occupation, 1798-1801, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Egyptian Campaign, 1789-1799
...everywhere that he would await the French at Girga, then the chief city of Upper Egypt, to give them battle. When Desaix arrived at Girga, he discovered that Murad had left the...three weeks that the French remained at Girga, Murad Bey, encamped about thirty-five...
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Colonialism and Revolution in the Middle East: Social and Cultural Origins of Egypt's 'Urabi Movement
Book by Juan R. I. Cole; Princeton University Press, 1993
Subjects: Egypt--History--Tewfik, 1879-1892, Social Classes--Egypt--History--19th Century, Urabi, Ahmad--D. 1840 Or 41-1911
...lived in the town of Qaw in the district of Girga. Sayyid Ahmad laid claim to deputyship...miracles, and gathered many followers in Girga. His descent from the Prophet and his...gathered followers from the districts of Girga and Asyut, and raided the Copt's house...
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A History of Landownership in Modern Egypt, 1800-1950
Book by Gabriel Baer; Oxford University Press, 1962
Subjects: Land Tenure--Egypt
...few large estates-- Qena , Asyut and Girga --the cultivated area changed very little...developments followed the pattern of Qena. Girga shows a contrary development, with a continuous...only fall. Finally, in Minufiya , as in Girga, the area of large estates declined constantly...
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Girga
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GIRGA gir or Jirja jir ja, town (1986 pop. 71,564), central Egypt, on the...George. A Roman Catholic monastery, said to be the oldest in Egypt, is in Girga. Nearby is the ancient city of Abydos...
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Jirja
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JIRJA see Girga , Egypt. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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