Minya (English spelling) al‐Minyā

Japanese: ミニヤー(英語表記)al‐Minyā
Minya (English spelling) al‐Minyā
A city in central Egypt and the capital of the prefecture of the same name. Population 208,000 (1992). In ancient Egypt it was called Per-Mema, and its present name comes from the name of a tax commissioner during the reign of Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid. Specialties include sugar cane, grapes, and alabaster. On the opposite bank of the Nile are the rock-cut tombs of Beni Hasan, and in the western desert there are ancient ruins such as the Ashmunein ruins and the underground tombs of Tuna al-Jabal. [Yoshimura Sakuji]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
エジプト中部の都市で,同名県の県都。人口20万8000(1992)。古代エジプト時代にはペル・メマと呼ばれ,現在の名はアッバース朝カリフ,ハールーン・アッラシードの治世に税務長官だった人物の名に由来する。サトウキビやブドウ,アラバスターなどが特産である。ナイル川対岸にベニ・ハサンの岩窟墳墓,西の砂漠にはアシュムネイン遺跡やトゥーナー・アルジャバルの地下墳墓などの古代遺跡がある。【吉村 作治】

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

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