Qena

Coordinates: 26°10′N 32°43′E / 26.167°N 32.717°E / 26.167; 32.717
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
"Caene" redirects here. For the town in ancient Laconia, Greece, see
Caene (Laconia)
.
Not to be confused with quena, a South American musical instrument.
Qena
قنا
UTC+2 (EET)
Area code(+20) 96
M8G1D58X1M43
šꜣbt[2]
in hieroglyphs

Qena (

Arabic: قنا Qinā [ˈʔenæ], locally: [ˈɡena]; Coptic: ⲕⲱⲛⲏ Konē) is a city in Upper Egypt, and the capital of the Qena Governorate. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, it was known in antiquity as Kaine (Greek Καινή, meaning "new (city)"; Latinized transliteration: Caene) and Maximianopolis.[3][4] Gauthier identifies Qena with ancient Shabt.[5]
Qena meaning in Arabic "very red" of fertile land. [6]

Overview

Qena Mosque

This provincial capital is located about 95 km from

Dendara. It owes its modern prosperity to the opening of the Wadi Qena towards the Red Sea
, which is a major traffic route between Upper Egypt and the Red Sea. Tourists traveling between Luxor and the Red Sea will assuredly pass through this city since there is only one good road connection. Qena is noted for its pottery. Qena is also known for its beautiful huge mountains and green nature.

South Valley University has a campus in Qena.[7]

Qena is a large market town on the River Nile situated next to the famous Greco-Roman temples of Dendera. Also on the Nile, Luxor is a long-time tourist hotspot that in large part attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors because of its temples, tombs and location on the site of the ancient capital of Thebes. Ancient Thebes is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Qena has one of the highest concentration of Coptic Christians in Egypt (approximately 35% of the total population).

History

Main article:
Caenepolis

In addition to its

Caenepolis,[8] Qena has a considerable Islamic heritage and many unique architectural mosques. Qena has witnessed major restorations, and came third in the UNESCO City Beauty contest.[9]

Climate

Qena has a

precipitation year round. Winters are warm at days, but become cool at nights. The hottest months on average are equally July and August, while the coolest month is January. Luxor, Minya, Qena and Asyut have the widest difference of temperatures between days and nights of any city in Egypt
, with almost 16 °C (29 °F) difference.

The hottest temperature recorded was on May 15, 1991 which was 50 °C (122 °F) and the coldest temperature was on January 6, 1989 which was −1 °C (30 °F).[10]

Climate data for Qena, Egypt
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 33
(91) 		37
(99) 		43
(109) 		46
(115) 		50
(122) 		50
(122) 		49
(120) 		49
(120) 		46
(115) 		44
(111) 		40
(104) 		37
(99) 		50
(122)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 21.4
(70.5) 		23.7
(74.7) 		28.1
(82.6) 		33.6
(92.5) 		38.4
(101.1) 		39.8
(103.6) 		39.8
(103.6) 		39.8
(103.6) 		36.6
(97.9) 		33.7
(92.7) 		28.4
(83.1) 		23.2
(73.8) 		32.2
(90.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.4
(56.1) 		15.2
(59.4) 		19.5
(67.1) 		24.8
(76.6) 		29.8
(85.6) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.8
(89.2) 		32.0
(89.6) 		29.1
(84.4) 		26.1
(79.0) 		20.4
(68.7) 		15.2
(59.4) 		24.1
(75.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 5.4
(41.7) 		6.7
(44.1) 		10.9
(51.6) 		16.0
(60.8) 		21.2
(70.2) 		23.1
(73.6) 		23.8
(74.8) 		24.2
(75.6) 		21.7
(71.1) 		18.5
(65.3) 		12.4
(54.3) 		7.3
(45.1) 		15.9
(60.7)
Record low °C (°F) −1
(30) 		−1
(30) 		1
(34) 		6
(43) 		12
(54) 		12
(54) 		15
(59) 		13
(55) 		13
(55) 		10
(50) 		1
(34) 		0
(32) 		−1
(30)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0)
Source 1: Climate-Data.org[11]
Source 2: Voodoo Skies[10] for record temperatures

Transportation

Qena has a network of streets, roads and highways with greenery and flowered pavements. From the city there is a road that crosses the Eastern Desert to port Safaga on the Red Sea.

The

Desert One rescue attempts for the U.S. hostages in Tehran in the late 1970s.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Qinā (Kism (fully urban), Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1926). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 3. p. 147.
  3. ^ Trismegistos, "Kaine (Qena)"
  4. ISBN 978-1-44432006-0
  5. ^ Gauthier (1926) p. 147
  6. ^ "معنى قنا meaning of Qena". Arabic dictionaries (in Arabic). qena is extreme red color قنا لون أحمر شديد
  7. ^ "TISC Directory: Egypt - Qena (TICO- South Valley University)". www.wipo.int. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  8. ^ "Explore Qena", tripadvisor.com, retrieved 30 June 2020
  9. ^ "UNESCO-Qena [Egyptian National UNESCO Commission]", whc.unesco.org, retrieved 30 June 2020
  10. ^ a b "Qena, Egypt". Voodoo Skies. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Climate: Qena - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  12. ^ William Arkin, Code Names, 325.
  13. ISBN 1-58566-103-1
    , p. 196, 213-215.

External links

26°10′N 32°43′E / 26.167°N 32.717°E / 26.167; 32.717

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qena&oldid=1213965473"
This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article: Qena. Articles is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license; additional terms may apply.Privacy Policy