Beni Suef
Beni Suef, (Arabic: بني سويف Banī Suwaif , Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲛⲓⲥⲱϥ Panisuf) is the caipital ceety o the Beni Suef Govrenorate in Egyp.
Owerview
Beni Suef is an important agricultural centre, which grew frae a sma veelage at the turn o the century an nou hosts a population o ower 200,000. It wis famous for its linen manufacturin in the Middle Ages, an continues tae be hivily involved in cotton-spinnin an cairpet-makin. It is an aa kent for its alabast, quarried in the nearbi hills. Beni Suef is locatit aboot 115 km (72 mile) sooth o Cairo. The Meidum Pyramid an Faiyum Oasis are nearbi. Beni Suef is kent for its lairge mansions, includin the Ismail Mansion, awned bi General Ahmed Mamdouh Ismail. Beni Suef Varsity an the private Al Nahda Varsity are locatit in Beni Suef.
Climate
| Climate data for Beni Suef | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 20 (68) | 22 (72) | 25 (77) | 31 (88) | 35 (95) | 37 (99) | 37 (99) | 37 (99) | 35 (95) | 31 (88) | 26 (79) | 22 (72) | 30 (86) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 5 (41) | 6 (43) | 9 (48) | 13 (55) | 18 (64) | 20 (68) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 20 (68) | 17 (63) | 11 (52) | 7 (45) | 14 (58) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.7 (0.03) | 3.7 (0.15) | 0.7 (0.03) | 1.3 (0.05) | 0.3 (0.01) | 0 (0) | 0.5 (0.02) | 2.1 (0.08) | 3.6 (0.14) | 1.6 (0.06) | 1.9 (0.07) | 7.3 (0.29) | 23.7 (0.93) |
| Source: Warld Wather Online | |||||||||||||
Accidents
- A train accident in 1995 near Beni Suef left 75 fowk deid.
- The Beni Suef Cultural Palace Fire, on September 5, 2005, killed 46 fowk.
Notable residents
- Berlenti Abdul Hamid (1935) - an icon o Egyptian cinema's gowden age.
See an aw
- Bishop Athanasius
- The Dochters o St. Mary
References
Freemit airtins
- Fawin Rain Genomics, Inc. - Beni Suef, Egypt
31°05′E / 29.067°N 31.083°E
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