Denshawai
Sign in to saveDenshawai (), former name Demshai (, from "village" and ϣⲁⲉⲓ "Shai") is a village in Egypt. It is one of villages of The seat of Martyrs and it is famous for the historical Denshawai Incident of 1906. In 2006, it had 13,018 inhabitants.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Monufia Governorate.
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Denshawai (), former name Demshai (, from "village" and ϣⲁⲉⲓ "Shai") is a village in Egypt. It is one of villages of The seat of Martyrs and it is famous for the historical Denshawai Incident of 1906. In 2006, it had 13,018 inhabitants.
The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Denshawai (as Denchawai) as a nahiyah under the district of Menouf in Monufia Governorate; at that time, the population of the town was 2,815 (1,363 men and 1,452 women).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Denshawai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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