Matai, Egypt

Matai مَطَاي
city
Matai Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 28°25′N 30°45′E / 28.417°N 30.750°E / 28.417; 30.750
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Minya
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

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).^[1]

Towns[]

The city of Matai has the following villages:

Abu Aziz
Abu Haseba
Abu Shehata
Abwan
Bany Hassan
Bardnouha
El-Farokeya
El-Kawady
El-Kofor
El Manahra
Helwa
Kom Matai
Marzok
Matai El-Balad
Menbal
Nazlet Amr
Nazlet Thabet
Selah El-Gharbiya
gabal elter
Gawada
shark almahata
alfawareqa

Notable people from Matai[]

Saint Abdel Messih El-Makari
Dr.
Alla Mohammed Hassan ( Musician )

References[]

^ Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypte. p. 63.

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Matai, Egypt

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Towns[]

Notable people from Matai[]

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