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About Maghāghah
Maghagha (Arabic: مغاغة) is a city in Egypt, located on the west bank of the Nile. It is the northernmost city in the Minya Governorate.
From the Wikipedia article Maghagha (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The old names of the town were Nimoui (Arabic: نموى, from Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲩⲓ, lit. 'islands') and Gazirat al-Hagar (Arabic: جزيرة الحجر, lit. 'stone islands').
In May 1963, the ferry boat Adel capsized here, killing 206 people.
In June 2007, 11-year-old schoolgirl Budour Ahmed Shaker died at a private clinic in Maghagha after an excessive dose of anesthesia while undergoing the procedure of female genital cutting, sparking widespread protests and prompting the Egyptian government to outlaw the practice by closing a legal loophole allowing it to be performed for "documented health reasons". The ban instead drove the practice underground, with doctors charging higher fees to compensate for the risk of being prosecuted.
The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Maghagha (as Maghaghah) as a nahiyah in under the district of El Fashn in Minya Governorate; at that time, the population of the town was 3,126 (1,548 men and 1,578 women).
From the History section of Maghagha on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Al Minya Airport (EMY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 62 km away.
- Al ‘Idwah 9 km northwest, about 9 min by car
- Banī Mazār 17 km south, about 17 min by car
- Al Fashn 20 km north, about 20 min by car
- Maţāy 26 km south, about 26 min by car
- Sumusţā al Waqf 30 km north, about 30 min by car
- Sumusţā as Sulţānī 30 km north, about 30 min by car
- Bibā 34 km northeast, about 34 min by car
- Samālūţ 39 km south, about 39 min by car
- Banī Suwayf 54 km northeast, about 54 min by car
- Abū Qurqāş 80 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
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