Sohag

**Sohag** ( , Sa'idi Arabic: , ), cried *Sawhāj*, *Suhag* an *Suhaj* an aa, is a ceety in Egyp that lies on the wast bank o the Nile. It haes been the caipital o Sohag Govrenorate syne 1960. Prior tae that, the caipital wis the ceety o Girga an the name o the govrenorate wis Girga Govrenorate. It forby includit Esna Govrenorate (nouadays Qena Govrenorate)

## Demographics

## Subdiveesions

The ceety o Sohag is informally dividit intae twa diveesions: the East Destrict (Arabic: حى شرق) an the Wast Destrict (Arabic: حي غرب). 
Amang the maist notable regions o the Wast Destrict are:
* Sidi Aref
* Al Shahid (Arabic for the Martyr)
* Gharb Al-Koubry ("Wast o the Brig" neighborhuid)

The East Destrict is considered a mair upscale destrict that includes some o the maist affluent neighborhoods o the ceety includin 15t Street, Al Kashef Street, Jumhuriya Street, The Courts Compound, an The Technical an Agricultural Schools. 
Some o the maist notable locales o the East Destrict include:
* The Courts Compound o Sohag
* City Hall o Sohag
* Sohag University
* Sohag Teaching Hospital, a member o GOTHI, which is amang the biggest hospitals o the region
* Multiple governmental directorates
* Mony recreational auries includin The Sohag Stadium as well as mony parks includin Al Zohour (an revitalized pairk locatit in the middle o the Nile River).
* Nasr City - the first satellite ceety tae be biggit in the East Destrict. It wis established during the time o the umwhile preses Gamal Abdel Nasser, hence the name Nasr City.

## Climate

Sohag is ane o the warmest places in Egyp due tae its place in the east side o Sahara in North Africae. Sohag is ranked the 5t driest place in Egyp an the 9t globally. Forby ranked 4t warmest place in Egyp an 296t globally .

## Transport

Sohag is linked tae Giza an Northren ceeties throu three main roads: road o Asyut Wastren Desert, Eastren Desert Road, Rural Road forby connectit tae it throu the train.

In Februar 2010 a new heich-gate linkin the ceety tae the Red Sea ceety o Hurghada wis opened facilitatin the ease the muivement atween Upper Egyp an the Red Sea coastal region.

In Meey 2010, the Egyptian Preses Hosni Mubarak inauguratit a brand new airport tae serve the ceety cried Sohag Internaitional Airport.

## Ceetyscape

## Education

Sohag is characterized bi vera lairge nummers o graduates in aw fields.

Illiteracy haes continued tae drop due tae schuils (literacy) for aw ages free o chairge.

Thare are mony schuils an colleges in Sohag maist famous:

**Primary schuils**:

*Al-Nasr schuil
*Huda Sharawi schuil
*Mulhaqat Al-Mu'allemat schuil

**Middle schuils**:

*Ahmad Deifalla schuil
*Nabawi Muhandis schuil
*Ali Osman Baltak schuil
*Tarik Ibn Ziad schuil

**High schuils**:
*Sohag Military schuil
*Abdelmunim Riad schuil
*Asmaa Bint Abi Bakr schuil

### University

Sohag University is a govrenmental varsity in Sohag. It is on the eastren bank o the Nile. It forby became an independent varsity in 2006. Afore 2006, it wis pairt o anither varsity. Thare are currently ten colleges in Sohag University, as well as futur plans tae foond mair colleges tae better serve the community. Wi mair nor 40,000 unnergraduates it is heichlie ranked in Upper Egyp in terms o unnergraduates nummers.

## Sports

The maist favourite an popular sport in Sohag is fitbaa. Sohag haes mony fitbaa clubs, amang which anerlie Sohag Fitbaa Club an Sohag Railways FC, Which played in the Egyptian Premier League EPL for a few saisons ago. EPL club El Gouna FC uised the Sohag Stadium as a hame grund at times.

Here is a leet o the major sport clubs in the ceety o Sohag:

## Nearbi attractions

Abydos ane o the maist auncient ceeties o Upper Egyp, an an' a' o the aicht Upper Nome o which it wis the caipital ceety. It is forby considered ane o the maist important airchaeological steids o Auncient Egyp, the sacred ceety o Abydos wis the steid o mony auncient temples, includin a Umm el-Qa'ab, a ryal necropolis whaur early pharaohs wur entombed.

Akhmim haes several mosques an twa Coptic kirks, maintains a weekly mercat, an manufactures cotton guids, notably the blue shirts an check shawls wi silk fringes worn bi the poorer classes o Egyp.

El-Hawawish the auncient necropolis (cemetery) for the ceety o Akhmim.

El-Salamuni comprises a rock-cut chapel dedicatit tae the god Min.

The Meritamen statue in east Akhmim.

Beit Khallaf Ootside the veelage are twa vera lairge brick mastabas frae the Third Dynasty.

Athribis The ceety is the steid o a temple biggit for the goddess Repyt (Triphis) bi Ptolemy XV Caesarion an subsequent Roman Emperors.

## See an aa

* Upper Egyp
* Sa'idi fowk
* Sa'idi Arabic

## References

## Freemit airtins

*  Sohag on Wikivoyage
* Sohag on Travel grove