Shanawan

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Shanawan

Coordinates30.50°, 31.01°

Demographic figures from CAPMAS (Egypt). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shanawan is one of the biggest villages in Monufia Governorate, Egypt. It is in the middle between Shibin El Kom City and Al-Baghor City. Shanawan is famous for vegetable production. It is marked by the taro (AlQulqas).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Kamal Ganzouri

former Egyptian Prime minister (1933-2021)

Kamal Mohammed El-Shazli

Egyptian politician (1934-2010)

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Pope Joseph I of Alexandria

Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria, Egypt

Mohammed Atef

Egyptian al-Qaeda member (1944–2001)

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Amr El Halwani

Egyptian association football player

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Mohamed Hossameldin

Egyptian association football referee

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Yehia El-Gamal

Egyptian academic and politician (1930–2016)

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Ahmed Abou-Shadi

fencer

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Osman Abdel Hafeez

fencer (1917–1958)

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Abraham of Egypt

Egyptian monk

Sedki Sobhi

Egyptian military officer

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Ahmed Gaafar

Egyptian footballer

Ibrahim Eissa

Egyptian journalist

Abdelhamid Shabana

Egyptian footballer

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Ashraf El-Gharably

Olympic wrestler

Bishoy Kamel

Egyptian saint

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Monufia

• Shibin El Kawm
  3.7 mi away · pop. 184,097
• Zawiyat Garawan
  4.2 mi away
• Sers Al Layyan
  4.5 mi away
• Garawan
  4.8 mi away
• Manuf
  5 mi away
• Manshiyet Sultan
  5.5 mi away
• Zawiyat Al Naoura
  5.7 mi away
• Ezbet El Malik
  6 mi away
• Kafr Abou El-Hassan
  7 mi away
• Sirwihayt
  7.1 mi away
• Istanha
  7.2 mi away
• Izbat al Qassis
  7.7 mi away

Browse all places in Monufia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

turkey tangle frogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Seen 2026-09-02

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-07-23

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

Seen 2025-12-18

Western Cattle-Egret

Ardea ibis

Seen 2025-10-24

African Wildcat

Felis lybica

Seen 2025-03-19

Laughing Dove

Spilopelia senegalensis

Seen 2025-03-07

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2024-12-19

rubber plant

Ficus elastica

Seen 2024-12-01

Madagascar Periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Seen 2024-11-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).