Minya al-Qamh

Minya al-Qamh, whose Arabic name means abode of the wheat, is a city in the Nile Delta governorate of Sharqia, Egypt, and the capital of the Minya al-Qamh markaz. The markaz is home to 11 local units, 82 villages and 245 hamlets, and in 2017 it had 769,333 people, while the city itself had 87,875 residents. The town lies between Zagazig, the capital of Sharqia, about 15 kilometres to the east, and Banha, the capital of Qalyubia, some 20 kilometres to the west, on a branch of the Nile called the Moise, which divides it into a northern and a southern part and carries boats between Cairo, Alexandria and Zagazig. Agriculture is the most important economic activity, followed by retailing and then industry, with many factories and companies inside the town. The official estimate for July 2023 is 106,216 residents.