Quesna (Arabic: قويسنا) is a city in Monufia Governorate, Egypt. It has an area of 49,009 square miles (210 square kilometres).
Location of Quesna town
Quesna town lies in Menoufia Governorate, Nile Delta, Egypt
Etymology
After the decision of the Kingdom of Egypt at the time to start constructing a railway linking Cairo (the capital) with Alexandria through the cities of Banha and Tanta, Kafr El-Zayat, and Damanhour (which is the second railway in the world), this railway passed east of the Sabri facility, empty from Urban construction at that time. Accordingly, the General Directorate of Menoufia established an urban city to include the old town (Mansha’at Sabri). In the past, Quesna was called Mansha’at Sabry, which was called by this name in honour of Sabry Pasha, director of the Menoufia Directorate that resides there. The royal decree in 1897 issued to develop the city of Quesna al-Mahatta (to separate it from the original country named by that name, which is Quesna al-Balad) was the official birth of Quesna city and accordingly, the local council of Queisna city was established and before it Queisna city council. Then Quesna city became an attractive city for housing from various sides. Sudanese also Quesna hosts a large number of large-sized mosques, as well as two large churches.
Characteristics
Quesna is characterized by being the only centre that connects Menoufia to Cairo, and through it, all cars pass to enter Menoufia and also connect Menoufia. Quesna is the first border of Menoufia; after it comes Banha, Qalyubia governorate. Through the Shubra Qabal, Quesna connects with the village of Istanha, affiliated with the Bajaur Center, and Aghhur al-Raml, which borders the Menoufia with the Qalyubia governorate. In Quesna, there is also the military road that passes through Quesna to the village of Quwaisna al-Balad and the village of Bjerim and Izbet Ali Abd al-Gawad, all the way to Barakat al-Sabaa and from there to Tanta. This road was used during wartime to transport equipment and munitions. This road also reached the western province.
industrial city
Quesna has the major industrial city, Mubarak Industrial City, and it has the largest group in Egypt for the manufacture of electronics and home appliances, which is the Arab group (the most prominent industrial group for household appliances and electronics in the Arab world). There is a Sigma Pharmaceutical Factory and many other factories.
Municipal division of Quesna town
- Kafr Sheikh Ibrahim
- Arabs el Raml
- Taha Shubra
- Kafr Abshish
- Quesna (capital)
- Begirim
- Umm Henan
- Al-Ajaza
- Kafr Arab Qibli
- Kafr Zain Al-Din
- Shubra Qubalat
- Kafr Salamiyah
- Ashlem
- Kafr Ashlim
- Shamandil
- Mit Siraj
- Kafr Mit Siraj
- Mitt Abu Sheikha
- Mitt el Kusry
- Mitt el Ezz
- Bani Gharyan
- Aghhur el Raml
- Kafr Wahb
- Arab Abu Zekra
- Mit Bara
- Shabrabkhom
- Munshaat el Arab
- Kafr Taha Shubra
- Munshaat Al-Ajaizah
- Munshaat Sabry
- Munshaat Damlo
- Dmlo
- Ebenhas
- Kafr Ebnhas
- Kafr Al Akram
- Mustai
- Sharanis
- Damhudj
- El Ramali
- Kafr Abu al-Hassan
- Kafr Al-Manshi
- Buqsa
- Barit el Aguz
- Kufur el Raml
- Kafr Bani Gharyan
- Kafr Hilal
- Kafr Mit Al-Absi
- Mitt Al-Absi
- Munshaat Martyr Abdel Moneim Riad
- Kafr Suleiman
Quesna Tomb
In 2010, an unknown mudbrick mastaba was discovered in Quesna, an archaeological site in the Monufia Governorate (in the Nile Delta). The mastaba was once 14m in length and 6m in width. Its substructure contains a 3m wide corridor chapel, divided into three architectural sections: the first (northern) section is filled with rubble, the second (central) section contains a double room as the burial chamber and the third (southern) section has a burial shaft in its centre. In 2014, a tiny mud seal fragment with the king’s name was discovered inside. However, the true owner of the tomb is unknown and archaeological excavations are still ongoing.
