Sohag Govrenorate
Appearance
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Sohag Govrenorate (Arabic: محافظة سوهاج Muḥāfaẓat Sawhāǧ) is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp. It is locatit in the sooth o the kintra (Upper Egyp), an covers a stretch o the Nile Valley. Syne 1960, its caipital haes been the ceety o Sohag. Prior tae that, the caipital wis the ceety o Girga an the name o the govrenorate wis Girga Govrenorate.[1]
Ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Akhmim (Ipu or Khent-Min or Khemmis or Panopolis)
- el-Balyana
- Dar el-Salam
- Girga (Tjeny or Thinis)
- Juhayna
- el-Mansha (Ptolemais Hermiou)
- el-Maragha
- Sakulta
- Sohag
- Tahta
- Tima
- el-Usayrat
Ither important sites
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Abydos (Abedju)
- Apollonos Polis (Kom Isfaht)
- Beit Khallaf
- el-Hawawish
- Hut-Repyt (Athribis or Wannina)
- Kom Ishqaw (Aphrodito)
- el-Salamuni
- Tjebu (Djew-Qa or Antaeopolis or Qaw el-Kebir)
Monasteries in the Sohag Govrenorate
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Law, Gwillim (1999). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998 (snippet view). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 114. ISBN 9780786407293. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Sohag Governorate Archived 2013-03-02 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial wabsteid
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