Abu Tig

Coordinates: 27°02′12″N 31°19′41″E / 27.03667°N 31.32806°E / 27.03667; 31.32806
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27°02′12″N 31°19′41″E / 27.03667°N 31.32806°E / 27.03667; 31.32806

Abu Tig
أبو تيج
Ⲁⲡⲟⲑⲏⲕⲏ
City
UTC+2 (EST
)
G40E23
D36		 O1
O49
pꜣšnꜥ[1]
in hieroglyphs

Abu Tig (

Arabic: أبو تيج; Coptic: Ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲑⲏⲕⲏ[2] Tapothēkē Coptic pronunciation: [təpoˈtʰeːⲕə]) is a city in the Asyut Governorate of Egypt. Located on the west bank of the Nile
, it has a population of 70,969 inhabitants (2006).

Abu Tig is the third largest city in Asyut Governorate in Egypt after Asyut itself and Dairut. Abu-Tig is very famous for herbs and botanicals all over Egypt. In the Ancient era, Abu-Tig was and still considered as the central hub for fresh and natural fruits and vegetables as well as herbs and spices. It is not only a commercial city but is famous for El Farghal Mosque as well. El Farghal Mosque, with its twin minarets, is the largest mosque in Upper Egypt. Many people come to Abu Tig every year in July to visit El Farghal Mosque and celebrate at the El Farghal fair.[3] During holidays and feasts, people from all over Upper Egypt come to Abu Tig to visit its zoo, called "Nasser Zoo".

History

Abu Tig is an ancient city distinguished by its ancient-times archaeology, including an obelisk with a depiction of Queen and Pharaoh

Napoleonic Era, tourists looking for fine belly-dancing could find belly-dancers in Abu Tig. A school for training belly-dancers existed there until public belly-dancing was banned.[8] In the early 19th century slaves from Sudan were castrated near Abu Tig, mainly by Coptic priests.[9] Abu Tig has a number of bars that cater to tourists, including divers.[10]

Geography

Abu Tig has many subordinate villages like: Baqor, Nazlat Baqor, El Felio, El Nekhila, Bani Semei, El Zayara, El Zawia, Dekran, El Zarabi, Dweina, Nazlat Dweina, Abu El Hareth, Abu Khors and El Balayza.

Climate

Abu Tig is classified by

hot desert (BWh),[11] as the rest of Egypt
.

Climate data for Bilbeis
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 20.7
(69.3) 		22.8
(73.0) 		27.1
(80.8) 		32.2
(90.0) 		35.9
(96.6) 		37.5
(99.5) 		37.2
(99.0) 		37.1
(98.8) 		34.1
(93.4) 		31.0
(87.8) 		27.1
(80.8) 		22.2
(72.0) 		30.4
(86.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.3
(55.9) 		14.9
(58.8) 		18.5
(65.3) 		23.2
(73.8) 		27.3
(81.1) 		29.4
(84.9) 		29.5
(85.1) 		29.7
(85.5) 		27.4
(81.3) 		24.6
(76.3) 		19.8
(67.6) 		15
(59) 		22.7
(72.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 6
(43) 		7
(45) 		9.9
(49.8) 		14.3
(57.7) 		18.7
(65.7) 		21.4
(70.5) 		21.9
(71.4) 		22.4
(72.3) 		20.8
(69.4) 		18.2
(64.8) 		12.6
(54.7) 		7.8
(46.0) 		15.1
(59.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		1
(0.0) 		1
(0.0) 		2
(0)
Source: Climate-Data.org[11]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1928). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 5. p. 135.
  2. ^ Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit (Teil 1 A-C). p. 57.
  3. ^ "About Asyut City area and location". aun edu. Asyut University.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4738-6205-0. Archived
    from the original on 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ Gauthier (1928), p. 135
  6. ISBN 978-1-61797-262-1. Archived
    from the original on 26 November 2017.
  7. ISBN 90-04-03406-4. Archived
    from the original on 26 November 2017.
  8. ISBN 978-1-4766-1916-3. Archived
    from the original on 26 November 2017.
  9. ISBN 978-1-61797-766-4. Archived
    from the original on 26 November 2017.
  10. ISBN 978-1-4000-0519-2. Archived
    from the original on 2017-11-26.
  11. ^ a b "Climate: Abu Tig - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  12. ^ "مصر تسبق السعودية فى رخصة قيادة السيدات بقرن" (PDF). Al-Shorouk. 3161: 12. 28 September 2017.
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