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About Maţāy
Matai (Arabic: مَطَاي) is a city in the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt. It lies between Samalout and Beni Mazar. It is identified with the ancient town of Matoi (Ancient Greek: Ματοι, Coptic: ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ, ⲙⲁⲛⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ) and its name comes from the Coptic word for "soldier" (Coptic: ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ, matoi).
From the Wikipedia article Matai, Egypt (this version), 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, 36 km away.
- Banī Mazār 9 km north, about 9 min by car
- Samālūţ 14 km southwest, about 14 min by car
- Maghāghah 26 km north, about 26 min by car
- Al ‘Idwah 31 km north, about 31 min by car
- Minya 36 km south, about 36 min by car
- Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah 37 km south, about 37 min by car
- Al Fashn 46 km north, about 46 min by car
- Banī ‘Ubayd 52 km south, about 52 min by car
- Abū Qurqāş 55 km south, about 55 min by car
- Banī Suwayf 79 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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