Minya Postal Code

Minya Postal Code / Minya Zip Code

140 Total numbe of Postal code in Minya Egypt 

About Minya

Minya is the capital of the Minya Governorate in the upper part of Egypt, which is called Egypt. It is about 245 km (152 miles) south of Cairo. It is on the western bank of the Nile River, which flows north through Cairo. People who live in the city call it Men'at Khufu, which means the city of Khufu's nursing. This name connects it to the Pharaoh Khufu, who built the Great Pyramid at Giza. Sahidic Coptic Tmoone and Bohairic Thmona, which are both words for "residence," may also have given the name Minya. This is because an early monastery used to be in the area. People who live there found out about the Codex Tchacos in that city. Minya is called the "Bride of Upper Egypt" by the people who live there because of its important role as a link between the north and the south of Egypt. Minya is one of the places in Egypt with the most Coptic Christians (approximately 50 percent of total population). [2] City: Minya University, Suzanne Mubarak Center for Arts, new Museum of Minya and North of Upper Egypt Radio & TV are all in this city. It was during the Predynastic Period (before 3100 BC) that the area that is now Minya and its surrounding lands became the 16th nome (district). It was a separate city-state until the ruler Menes unified Egypt around 3100 BC. There were 42 nomes in Egypt before it came together. 16th nome: It was also known as the "Oryx nome" because of the many Oryx antelopes that lived there. After Egypt was united, the provincial capital of the 16th nome became a very important place for trade. It was next to a trade route to the Red Sea that the Levantine traders used to get their goods from Sinai and Canaan. Later in the Old Kingdom, the name of the city was changed to Men'at Khufu, which linked it to the Pharaoh Khufu or Cheops, who ruled around 2550 BC. It was thought that he was born there. One day, the city of Minya, which is now called Men'at Khufu, may have existed. It hasn't been found, but it's thought to have been in this area. Following the fall of the Old Kingdom and during the First Intermediate Period, the rulers of Men'at Khufu became rich and powerful and had some independence from the Pharaohs. The princes of the Oryx nome didn't get involved in the long fight between the Herakleopolitan and Theban kingdoms in the First Intermediate Period. Eventually, during the reign of Baqet III, they formed an alliance with the Thebans in the time of Mentuhotep II. After the Thebans took over the nome of Oryx, the same family was still in charge. This was because of their pro-Theban policy. Their power was at its peak during the 11th Dynasty. Like Pharaohs, the rulers of the Oryx nome were very concerned about their lives after they died. This is what happened in Mena'at Khufu: The pyramid building era had ended, or maybe they could not afford to build their own. The limestone cliffs of the eastern desert overlooking a gentle curve in the Nile were an ideal place to build their tombs. People who lived in Beni Hasan back then had a lot of power and money. These chapels are the only thing left from that time. These thirty nine rock-cut tombs can still be seen above the modern day village of Beni Hasan. In spite of how small and simple the Beni Hasan tombs may seem, they are very important because their walls show more about life in ancient Egypt than any other monument in Egypt. In fact, these tombs give us more information about everyday life in Egypt than about the rulers who built them. They show how people lived and worked. A pharaoh called Amenemhat II (1929–1895 BC) cut the power of the rulers of Minya, Egypt. After 12th Dynasty, the rulers of Minya had lost their power and their role in the city. During the Second Intermediate Period, Minya and the rest of Lower and Middle Egypt were taken over by the Hyksos, who were also in charge of the rest of Egypt at the time. It looks like Minya's rulers helped the Hyksos 15th Dynasty rulers fight against the native Egyptian pharaohs of the 16th and 17th dynasties. This is what happened in Minya: During this time, Theban Pharaohs began trying to get rid of the people called Hyksos from Egypt. Minya was where the first major battle of that struggle happened. The last pharaoh of the 17th dynasty, Kamose, marched his Medjay troops north to Nefrusy, which is a few miles south of Minya. He defeated the army of a man called Teti son of Pepi, who is said to have turned Minya into a "nest of the Asiatics." This battle took place in 1552 BC. Afterward, Ahmose I, the younger brother of Kamose, went north and expelled the Hyksos from Egypt for good around 1540 BC. This was their first major defeat. In the case of the Beni Hasan tombs, most of them were later desecrated by people. Some were defaced by the rulers that came after them. A lot of monuments that were built after Egypt was no longer ruled by Pharaohs were demolished over the years. In the early years of Christianity and Islam, tombs were turned into homes or used as a source of stone. They were also intentionally damaged by Christians and Muslims.