Abnub Explained

Abnub
Native Name:اب‌ناب
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Egypt
Coordinates:27.2667°N 40°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Asyut Governorate
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Total:64526
Population As Of:2006
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3

Abnub (from [1]) is a city in Egypt. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate, several kilometres northwest of Asyut. As of the 2006 census, the population was 67,526. The city's name ultimately comes from .[2]

Notable people

Abnub is the birthplace of Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church from 1971 to 2012.[3]

A church in Abnub bears the name of Phoibammon of Preht, a 4th century martyr.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Clackson, S.J. . Coptic documents relating to the monasteries of Apa Apollo at Bawit and Titkooh in the Hermopolite nome . University of London . 58.
  2. Web site: Peust . Carsten . Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten . 10.
  3. News: Coptic Christians after Shenouda. Samir. Samir Khalil. March 20, 2012. Asia News. 17 June 2017.
  4. Book: Timm, Stefan . Christliche Statten in Agypten . 1979 . 154.