Aba al-Waqf
Village in Minya, Egypt
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Etymology
The name of the village comes from Egyptian jp.t "harem" (Ancient Greek: Ὠφις). The Coptic and the Greek name of Luxor (Coptic: ⲡⲁⲡⲉ, Ancient Greek: Ἀπις, Ὠφιεῖον) also share the same etymology.[3]
History
In the late 1800s, Aba al-Waqf was the site of one of the largest sugar mills in the world.[4] The mill, which belonged to the Khedive,[4] was constructed beginning in 1872 on the banks of the Ibrahimiya Canal.[2]
The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Aba al-Waqf (as Aba-el-Wakf) in the district of Beni Mazar in Minya Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 4,546 (2,293 men and 2,253 women).[5]