Minya

Minya is a city in . Usually overlooked by tourists, this city has a long history and some interesting heritage to explore. It is home to over 250,000 people and lies about 245 km south of .
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  • Type: City with 247,000 residents
  • Description: city in Middle Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Minja”, “Al Minya”, “El Minia”, “El Minja”, “El Minya”, “El-Minia”, “El-Minya”, “Menat Khufu”, “Menat-Kufu”, “Menya”, “Minieh”, “Minjo”, “Minya, Egypt”, “Minye”, “Nueirat”, “Эль-Мінья”, “إلمنيا”, “مدينة المنيا”, “منيا”, and “米尼亚”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sawada.

Village
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is a village in the , Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile.

Minya

Latitude
28.0893° or 28° 5′ 22″ north
Longitude
30.7571° or 30° 45′ 25″ east
Population
247,000
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
IATA airport code
EMY
Open location code
7GWG3QQ4+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768032316
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
360686
Wiki­data ID
Q310117
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Minya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المنيا”
  • Armenian: “Էլ Մինիա”
  • Asturian: “Minya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Minya”
  • Belarusian: “Мінья”
  • Bengali: “মিনইয়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Миня”
  • Catalan: “Al-Minyā”
  • Cebuano: “Al Minyā (kapital sa lalawigan sa Ehipto)”
  • Cebuano: “Al Minyā”
  • Chinese: “敏亞”
  • Chinese: “明亚”
  • Chinese: “明亞”
  • Czech: “Minjá”
  • Danish: “Al Minya”
  • Dutch: “Minya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المنيا”
  • Esperanto: “Minja”
  • Finnish: “Al-Minya”
  • Finnish: “Minya”
  • French: “Al Minya”
  • French: “Al-Minya”
  • Galician: “Minya”
  • Georgian: “ელ-მინია”
  • German: “Al Minya”
  • German: “Al-Minya”
  • German: “Minyā”
  • Greek: “Μίνια”
  • Gujarati: “મીના”
  • Hebrew: “אל-מניא”
  • Hebrew: “מיניה”
  • Hindi: “मिनिया”
  • Hindi: “मीन्या”
  • Hungarian: “Minja”
  • Indonesian: “Minya”
  • Irish: “Al-Minya”
  • Italian: “Minya”
  • Italian: “Minyā”
  • Japanese: “ミニヤー”
  • Kabyle: “Minya”
  • Kannada: “ಮಿನಿಯಾ”
  • Korean: “미니아”
  • Latvian: “Minja”
  • Lithuanian: “Minja”
  • Malay: “Minya”
  • Marathi: “मिनिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Minya”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Minya”
  • Persian: “منیا”
  • Polish: “Al-Minja”
  • Portuguese: “Minia”
  • Portuguese: “Minya”
  • Russian: “Эль Минья”
  • Russian: “Эль-Минья”
  • Scots: “Minya, Egyp”
  • Scots: “Minya”
  • Serbian: “Минја”
  • Serbian: “Миња”
  • Sinhala: “මින්යා”
  • Slovenian: “Minya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “منیا”
  • Spanish: “Menia”
  • Swedish: “Al-Minya”
  • Tajik: “Ал-Минё”
  • Tamil: “மியா”
  • Telugu: “మిన్య”
  • Thai: “อัลมินยา”
  • Turkish: “El Minye”
  • Turkish: “El-Minye”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Мінья”
  • Urdu: “منیا، مصر”
  • Uzbek: “Minyo”
  • Venetian: “Minya”
  • Vietnamese: “Minya, Ai Cập”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Minya, Egypt”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Minya”
  • Western Panjabi: “منیا”
  • Zulu: “Minya, Gibhithe”

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