Denshawai

{{Short description|Village in Monufia Governorate, Egypt}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Denshawai | native_name = دنشواي | native_name_lang = arz | settlement_type = | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Egypt | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Egypt | coordinates = {{coord|30|36|01|N|30|51|05|E|display=inline,title|region:EG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Egypt}} | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Monufia Governorate | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 13,018 | population_as_of = 2006 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Denshawai''' ({{langx|ar|دنشواي}}), former name '''Demshai ('''{{Langx|ar|دِمْشَيە}}, from {{Langx|cop|ϯⲙⲓ}} "village" and ϣⲁⲉⲓ "Shai")<ref>{{Cite book|last=Peust|first=Carsten|title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten|year=2010|location=Göttingen|pages=33, 49}}</ref> 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).<ref name="1885 Census">{{cite book |last1=Egypt min. of finance, census dept |title=Recensement général de l'Égypte |date=1885 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpQNAAAAQAAJ |accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Monufia Governorate