Beni Suef Governorate website

The Egyptian governorate of Beni Suef is located on the banks of the Nile River, which surrounds it from the south and east, and the city of Beni Suef is located between latitude 29.07 degrees and longitude 31.10 degrees, and it rises from sea level by a distance of 33 meters, and its population is about 189,624 It is located 110 km south of Cairo, and serves as an important agricultural and commercial center on the west bank of the Nile.

Naming the city of Beni Suef

It is noteworthy that the ancient name of the city was Bovisia, and it is one of the oldest Egyptian sacred cities in the Nile Valley, which played a distinguished role in the ancient Egyptian civilization, and was the seat of one of the kings of ancient Egypt, as it was the capital of the country during the era of the ninth and tenth Pharaonic families, and the city continued to play a role important during the Greek and Roman eras, and it is worth saying that the city was known in the Coptic language as “Bani Souf”, and the name was distorted from Bovisia to Menvisia after the Arab conquest of Egypt; This is so that it is easier to pronounce in the Arabic language.

The name changed in 1527 AD to Bani Yusuf. It is a designation attributed to one of the Bedouin Arab tribes that lived in the region, and during the French campaign against Egypt, Beni Suef became the capital of that region, and after the revolution of July 23, 1952 AD, the modern and contemporary governorate was established as it is known today.

General information about the city of Beni Suef

There is a lot of information about the city of Beni Suef, including the following:

The boundaries of the city of Beni Suef are as follows:
- From the north: Cairo and Fayoum governorate.
- From the south: Minya Governorate.
- From the east: the mountains of the eastern region to the Red Sea Governorate.
- From the west: Giza Governorate.
The area of the city is about 7,169 square kilometres.
Beni Suef falls within the governorates of the North Upper Egypt region, as this region includes the governorates of Fayoum, Beni Suef, and Minya.
The city was the regional capital, and the main transport hub between Cairo and Luxor on the one hand, and between the Red Sea and Fayoum on the other.
The city remained famous for the production of flax from ancient times until the sixteenth century.