Nakla el-Anab

Nakla el-Anab

نكلا العنب
Nakla el-Anab نكلا العنب
	Landscape in the vicinity of the town
	Nakla el-Anab Location in Egypt
	Coordinates: 30°54′42.69″N 30°45′30.75″E / 30.9118583°N 30.7585417°E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beheira
Population (2006)
• Total	22,208
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Nakla el-Anab (Arabic: نكلا العنب) is a village in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt. According to the 2006 statistics, the total population of Nakla el-Anab was 22,208 people, including 11,639 men and 10,569 women.^{[citation needed]}

History

Muhammad Ramzi identified it with Aykelah (Arabic: أكيلا), a town mentioned by John of Nikiou, which was a birthplace of a Byzantine topoteretes Abaskiron and became a scene of rebellion against the emperor Maurice. After the suppression of the rebellion the town was reportedly set to flames.^[1]

He also reports about a conflict that existed between the inhabitants of Nakla and Sais, which revolved around an island between the two towns, which is today called Gazirat Nakla.^[2]

"The grapes" (Arabic: العنب, romanized: el anab) suffix was added to the village's name in the Ottoman period.^[2]

References

^ Charles, Robert H (1913). The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu: Translated from Zotenberg's Ethiopic Text. p. 157.
^ ^a ^b Ramzi, Muhammad (1945). Geographical dictionary of the Egyptian places from the ancient Egyptians dynasty to 1945 (in Arabic). pp. 252–253.

[1] Charles, Robert H (1913). The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu: Translated from Zotenberg's Ethiopic Text. p. 157.

[:0-2] Ramzi, Muhammad (1945). Geographical dictionary of the Egyptian places from the ancient Egyptians dynasty to 1945 (in Arabic). pp. 252–253.

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