Sohag Governorate

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On this page We're going to travel with us to the city and province from the governorates of Egypt, a province of Sohag .. 

Sohag Governorate is one of the governorates of Upper Egypt, an area of ​​about (11 022) square kilometers, spanning a length of 125 km and its width is 16.25 km, with a populated area about 1593.92 square kilometers of the total area only .. 

County is located south of Assiut Governorate of Sohag, Qena and North, and the western province of the Red Sea, east of New Valley .. 

Sohag governorate consists of 12 centers, and includes 12 cities and 3 district, 51 villages and a major 0.270 a village, and 1445 Ezbet and Nag ... 

Characterized as the rest of the governorates of Sohag governorate level, the dry desert climate temperature rises during the day the summer and moderate winter night ... 

Start Sohag governorate from the north City Center "Tema", and south of the city, "Tama" is located and the status of "Tahta", and the capital city and the status of "supervisor" west of the city, "Tahta", also located city center and the Maragha South Tahta, then the center is located and the city of Sohag South Maragha, where the center of the Nile River city of Sohag .. and is located south-center and the city of Sohag City established and south of the capital city and center Jirga, also located downtown Balyana South Gerga ... all those towns and cities located west of the River Nile, while the east of the Nile city center Saqlth then center and the city of Akhmim, as well as center and the city of Dar es Salaam, the preservation of South East ... 

The most important monuments and tourist sites in Sohag: 

Lapidus area: 

Located 60 km south of the city of Sohag, and specifically located west of the city of El, which includes the effects of the Pharaonic era, have been associated with the region myth of Isis and Osiris and contain the temple, "Seti I", which was built by King Seti I and completed by his son Ramses II temple contains a list of Kings comprising the famous names of the rulers of Egypt from the King, "Mina" united the two countries - with Egypt was at that time the words of two kingdoms, and the King "Mina" Standardization of the two countries or kingdoms of the Kingdom of the north and the Kingdom of the South - 

There is also the temple, "Alaozyreon" which is located behind the temple, "First City", a cemetery symbolism of the god Osiris and has Funerary corridor decorated with carvings on the walls ... 

- The Temple of "Ramses II" and is located north of Temple City, the first was held in the early reign of Ramses II, one of the limestone and columns of sandstone and under sections of red granite and black and gray, are inscribed on the walls of external details "battle of Kadesh," which took place between the Egyptians and the Hittites. ... 

- There are "com-Sultan," a mud-brick ruins from the days of the Middle Kingdom ... 

- "Barn Raisin," which lies to the northwest of the temple of Ramses II and the houses were used to guard cemeteries ... 

- "Or Aldjaab" and Households containing tombs of the kings of the first, second and third, but it was looted and most of them covered with sand ... 

- "Mastaba of Zoser" is part of the province Tiba cemetery was built by King Zoser of mud brick and is the first kernel to build the pyramids and located 15 km north of Abydos ... 

"The effects of Mahasna" were found on some pottery and plates were also found on the cemeteries of prehistoric dynasties .... 

Akhmim: 

The city of Akhmim the provincial capital, the ninth of the provinces of Ancient Egypt until the end of the Roman era, and had a prominent place amid the provinces of Upper Egypt and the famous Akhmim the foot of the natural silk industry ... The Mabboudha Allalh "Min" He is Lord of fertility and growth ... 

- Temple of Ramses II: as it contains statues of different periods of the most famous statue of Princess "Merritt Amun," which was discovered in 1981 

The largest statue of a girl in pharaonic history, from Pharaonic limestone bright and a height of 12 meters and weighs about 31 tons 

It also includes the temple statues of Ramses II and includes a statue of Roman beheaded suspected to be the god of Venus the goddess of love and beauty, featuring the temple columns and remnants of walls, and 4 wells of water, dating back to the Roman ... was the discovery of a colossal statue of Ramses II in 1991 

He sat on the throne a short distance of the Statue of Amun Merritt extended the bottom of the graveyard of the Muslims did not complete the excavation due to the presence of the rest of the statues under the tombs ... 

- The Tombs of Alhawwaoic: It is located on the eastern and mountain, about 10 km from the city of Sohag, and serves as the cemetery Akhmim of the Old Kingdom 

Considered by historians of the largest cemeteries in Egypt, ancient carved mountain range and includes Jpantin includes the cemetery, one of 800 still retains some Ballowanh beautiful bright ... 

- The Tombs of Elslamone: 

Contain some wide cemetery cemeteries dating back to the old and the majority of its tombs of the era of the late Greek and Roman and still retains some fees mural painted at the top of a small rocky mountain temple built by King "or" the god "Meen" ... 

Athrips area: 

Athrips area is located west of the city of Sohag is about 7 km (Naga, Sheikh Hamad) is a Archeological ruins cover an area of ​​more than 30 acres and includes a temple dating back to the era of Ptolemy IX and the latest from the era of Ptolemy X and includes many of the tombs carved in the mountain ... 

El Hagarsa graves: 

Located on the western side of the Nile south of the city of Sohag about 8 km and several tombs carved in the rock has maintained these cemeteries fancy Bnicochha clear, due to the Fourth Dynasty ... 

- There are many of the governorate of Sohag industrial areas and that her stay focused on activating the state of maintenance and investment between these areas: 

Kawthar area - the West Tahta - the West Gerga 

- There are many preservation of beautiful hotels and cheap, and overlooking the Nile, including the Nile Hotel, Hotel Safa .. There is also a floating hotel "Hotel hotep" on the east bank of the Nile ... 

- It is worth mentioning that the establishment of Sohag International Airport and is one of the largest airports in the area of ​​Egypt, a modern airport which was opened last year ...