Denshawai
Denshawai, former name Demshai is a village in Egypt. It is one of villages of The seat of Martyrs and it is famous for the historical Denshawai Incident of 1906.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Monufia Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as: “Dinshawai”, “Dinshawâi”, “Dinshawâi, Dinshawai”, “Dinshaway”, and “Dinshawāy”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shuhada and Terenuthis.
Shuhada
Town
Shuhada is a city and corresponding markaz in Monufia Governorate, Egypt. As of 2019, its estimated population is 358,486, with 72,895 people living in urban areas and 285,591 living in rural areas. Shuhada is situated 7 km east of Denshawai.
Terenuthis
Locality
Photo: Neithsabes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarrana, known in classical antiquity as Terenouthis, is a town that is currently referred to as Monufia Governorate of Egypt. This site is located in the western Nile Delta, circa 70 km north-west of Cairo, between the southern prehistoric site of Merimde Beni-salame and the northern town of Kom el-Hisn. Terenuthis is situated 8 km south of Denshawai.
Denshawai
- Categories: village in Egypt and locality
- Location: Monufia Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.60667° or 30° 36′ 24″ northLongitude
30.81987° or 30° 49′ 12″ eastElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
8G2GJR49+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 768565969OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Denshawai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دنشواي”
- Dutch: “Denshawai”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دنشواى”
- French: “Dinshawai”
- German: “Dinschawai”
- German: “Dinshawai”
- Hebrew: “דנשוואי”
- Persian: “دنشوای”
- Polish: “Dinszawaj”
- Uzbek: “Denshavay”
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