Sohag Governorate
Sohag is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the southern part of the country, and covers a stretch of the Nile Valley. Since 1960, its capital has been the city of Sohag.- Type: governorate of Egypt with 5,850,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “EG-SHG”, “Girga”, “Governació de Sawhag”, “gubernio Saŭhaĝ”, “Guergua”, “Guibhearnaireachd Sohag”, “Guïrgueh”, “Mohafazat Sohag”, “Mudīrīyat Jirjā”, “Muhāfazat Sauhādsch”, “Muḥāfaẓat Sawhāǧ”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Sawhāj”, “Muhafazat Suhaj”, “Sauhādsch”, “Sohag”, “Sohag guvernorat”, “Sohagum”, “Souhaj Governorate”, “Souhaj Province”, “Suhadžn kuvernementti”, “სუჰაგი”, and “محافظه سوهاج”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Athribis and Sohag University.
Sohag University
University
Sohag Stadium
Stadium
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sohag and Akhmim.
Akhmim
Town
Sohag Governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
26.5° or 26° 30′ north
Longitude
31.7° or 31° 42′ east
Population
5,850,000
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
Open location code
7GRHGM2X+2X
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Sohag Governorate” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሶሃግ”
- Arabic: “Sūhāj”
- Arabic: “سوهاج”
- Arabic: “محافظة سوهاج”
- Arabic: “محافظة سوهاج”
- Azerbaijani: “Sövhac mühafəzəsi”
- Belarusian: “Сагаг”
- Bengali: “সোহাগ গভর্নোরেট”
- Bosnian: “Sohag”
- Bulgarian: “Сухадж”
- Catalan: “governació de Sohag”
- Catalan: “Governació de Sohag”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Sūhāj”
- Chinese: “索哈傑省”
- Chinese: “索哈杰省”
- Czech: “Súhág”
- Danish: “Sohag Governorate”
- Danish: “Sohag”
- Dutch: “Suhaj”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة سوهاج”
- Esperanto: “provinco Saŭhaĝ”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Saŭhaĝ”
- Finnish: “Sohagin kuvernementti”
- Finnish: “Suhaj”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Sohag”
- French: “Sohag”
- Georgian: “სუჰაგის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “Gouvernement Sauhadsch”
- German: “Sauhadsch”
- German: “Sōhāg”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Σοχάγκ”
- Gujarati: “સોહગ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hausa: “Sohaj”
- Hebrew: “מחוז סוהאג”
- Hebrew: “סוהאג”
- Hindi: “सोहाग प्रांत”
- Hindi: “सोहाग मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Hungarian: “Szohág kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Suhaj”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Sohag”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Sohag”
- Japanese: “ソハーグ県”
- Javanese: “Sohag”
- Kannada: “ಸೊಹಾಗ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Сохаг”
- Kirghiz: “Сохаг”
- Korean: “소하그주”
- Latin: “Sawhāǧ”
- Latvian: “Sauhāgas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Sohago muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Sohag”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Suhaj”
- Marathi: “सोहाग गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sohag Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Suhaj”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Sohag”
- Oromo: “Sohaj”
- Panjabi: “ਸੋਹਾਗ”
- Persian: “استان سوهاج”
- Polish: “Sauhadż”
- Portuguese: “Soague”
- Portuguese: “Sohag”
- Pushto: “سوهاج”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Sohag”
- Russian: “Сохаг”
- Scots: “Sohag Govrenorate”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Sohàg”
- Serbian: “Сохаг”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sohag (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sohag”
- Sinhala: “සොහාග් පළාත”
- Slovak: “Sawhádž”
- Somali: “Sohaaj”
- South Azerbaijani: “سوهاج اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Suhag”
- Spanish: “Suhag”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Sohag”
- Swedish: “Sohag”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Савҳоҷ”
- Tajik: “Устони Суҳоҷ”
- Tamil: “சோகக் கோவெர்னோரேட்”
- Tatar: “Сохаг”
- Telugu: “సోహాగ్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการซูฮาจญ์”
- Turkish: “Sevhac”
- Ukrainian: “Согаґ”
- Ukrainian: “Сохаг”
- Urdu: “محافظہ سوہاج”
- Uzbek: “Savhoj muhofazasi”
- Uzbek: “Sokhoj”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Sohag”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sohag”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ سوہاج”
- Wu Chinese: “索哈杰省”
- Zulu: “Sohag Governorate”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Al Muḩāmidah and Rawāfi‘ al Quşayr.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Sohag National Museum and Akhmîm, Egypt.
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