Sohag Govrenorate

Sohag Govrenorate on the map o Egypt

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Red Monastery
  • White Monastery

References

  1. ↑ 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.

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