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Najaf, al-
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...The capital of the Najaf Muhafaza (governorate) in central Iraq. One of Iraq's...Arabian border in the southeast. The governorate's population is concentrated near...Muhafaza was formed from areas of the governorate of Qadisiyya in the east and the governorate...
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Egypt
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...to Giza in the west. This megalopolis legally encompasses all of the Cairo governorate, most of the Giza governorate, and a small part of the Qalyubia governorate in the north. Near two of the newest suburbs archeologists have found some...
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Shuf
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...nids. The Shuf was made part of the governorate of Mount Lebanon because a sectarian...demanding the division of the Mount Lebanon governorate into two sections to achieve a degree...majority in the northern part of the governorate. By the early 2000s, however, Jumblatt...
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Rumelia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...administrative region under the rule of a beylerbeyi, the first such governorate of its kind in the Ottoman Empire. It was around this time...beylerbeyi of Rumelia. After 1541, with the establishment of the governorate of Budin and Bosnia, the number of beylerbeyis began to...
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El Faiyum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Faiyum , or Al Fayyum , region, coextensive with El Faiyum governorate, N Egypt, W of the Nile River, a depression (entirely...pop. 213,070), located in the southeastern part of the governorate and its capital, is the region's trade, distribution...
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Damanhur
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
DAMANHUR City of the Nile delta. Damanhur is the capital of Buhayra (Beheira) governorate; it is southeast of Alexandria, Egypt. Its original name was Timinhur (city of Horus), and it was called Hermopolis Parva...
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Giza
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
GIZA A middle Egyptian province (governorate). West of Cairo, Giza (also Jiza) has an area of 32,878 square miles (85,153 sq km) and a 1986 population estimated...
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Qairawan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...the capital was moved to Tunis, which became the hub of political and intellectual life in Tunisia. Today, Qairawan is considered a Holy City of Islam, and it is the center of the governorate of the same name. matthew s. gordon
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Sousse
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...colonialism (after the protectorate of 1881). After the independence of Tunisia in 1956, it was made the center of the Sousse governorate. In 2002, its estimated population was 177,450. It is a busy port, handling mostly phosphates and olive oil, and the...
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Sohag
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sohag or Sawhaj , town (1986 pop. 132,649), capital of Sohag governorate, central Egypt, on the Nile River. It is located in a densely populated agricultural region. Local industries include ginned...
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