Aba al-Waqf

Aba al-Waqf (Arabic: أبا الوقف, romanized: Abā al Waqf) is a village in the markaz of Maghagha in Minya Governorate, Egypt. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Maghagha, and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Nile.^[2]

Aba al-Waqf أبا الوقف Abā al Waqf
Village
Aba al-Waqf Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 28.58721°N 30.76926°E / 28.58721; 30.76926[1]
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Minya
Elevation [1]	148 ft (45 m)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Etymology

The name of the village comes from Egyptian jp.t "harem" (Ancient Greek: Ὠφις). The Coptic and the Greek name of Luxor (Coptic: ⲡⲁⲡⲉ, Ancient Greek: Ἀπις, Ὠφιεῖον) also share the same etymology.^[3]

History

In the late 1800s, Aba al-Waqf was the site of one of the largest sugar mills in the world.^[4] The mill, which belonged to the Khedive,^[4] was constructed beginning in 1872 on the banks of the Ibrahimiya Canal.^[2]

The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Aba al-Waqf (as Aba-el-Wakf) in the district of Beni Mazar in Minya Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 4,546 (2,293 men and 2,253 women).^[5]