Sohag Govrenorate

Sohag Govrenorate ( ) 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.

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

Freemit airtins
Sohag Governorate  Offeecial wabsteid


Category:Govrenorates o Egyp