Qena Governorate

Qena is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in , the southern part of the country. It covers a stretch of the Nile valley. Its capital is the city of .
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  • Type: Region with 3,710,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: “EG-KN”, “Gouvernement Qena”, “Governació de Qina”, “Governatorato di Qina”, “gubernio Kina”, “Kéna”, “Keneh”, “Mohafazat Qena”, “Mudīrīyat Qinā”, “Muhafazat Qina”, “Qena”, “Qena-Luxor”, “Qena, Qena, Keneh, Muhafazat Qina”, “კენა”, “صعيد مصر”, “क्वेना गवर्नरेट”, “키나 주”, and “キーナ県”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qus and Naqada.

Town
is a city in the modern Qena Governorate, , located on the east bank of the Nile.

Village
is a town on the west bank of the Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt, situated ca.

Village
Shanhūr is a village in in , with a population of 13,432 people.

Qena Governorate

Latitude
25.8333° or 25° 50′ north
Longitude
32.75° or 32° 45′ east
Population
3,710,000
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
Open location code
7GQJRQM2+82
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Qena Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኪና”
  • Arabic: “قنا”
  • Arabic: “محافظة قنا”
  • Armenian: “Կանա նահանգ”
  • Armenian: “Քենա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qina mühafəzəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Кена”
  • Bengali: “কেনা গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bosnian: “Qena”
  • Bulgarian: “Кена”
  • Catalan: “governació de Qena”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Qena”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Qinā”
  • Chinese: “基納省”
  • Chinese: “基纳省”
  • Czech: “Kená”
  • Danish: “Qina”
  • Dutch: “Qina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة قنا”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Kina”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Kina”
  • Estonian: “Qinā kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Qinan kuvernementti”
  • Finnish: “Qinan kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Qena”
  • French: “Qena”
  • Georgian: “კენის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Qina”
  • German: “Qena”
  • German: “Qina”
  • German: “Qinā”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Κένα”
  • Gujarati: “ક્વેના ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Qina”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קינא”
  • Hebrew: “קינא”
  • Hindi: “क़ेना मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Qina”
  • Interlingua: “Governatorato de Qena”
  • Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Qena”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Qena”
  • Japanese: “ケナ県”
  • Javanese: “Qina”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯೂನಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Қена”
  • Kirghiz: “Кена”
  • Korean: “케나주”
  • Latin: “Qinā”
  • Latvian: “Kinas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Kenos muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Qena”
  • Marathi: “कायदे गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Qena Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Qina”
  • Norwegian: “Guvernementet Qena”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cæneland”
  • Oromo: “Qinaa”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਨਾ”
  • Persian: “استان قنا”
  • Polish: “Kina”
  • Polish: “Muhafaza Kina”
  • Portuguese: “Qina”
  • Portuguese: “Quena”
  • Pushto: “قنا”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Qena”
  • Russian: “Кена”
  • Scots: “Qena Govrenorate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Qena”
  • Serbian: “Кена”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kena (muhafaza)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kena”
  • Sindhi: “قينا”
  • Sinhala: “කෙනා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “guvernat Kena”
  • Somali: “Qinaa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قنا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Quena”
  • Spanish: “Quena”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Qena”
  • Swedish: “Qena”
  • Swedish: “Qina”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Қино”
  • Tamil: “கியேனா கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Tatar: “Кена провинциясе”
  • Tatar: “Кена”
  • Telugu: “ఖేనా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการกินา”
  • Turkish: “Kina, Mısır”
  • Turkish: “Kina”
  • Ukrainian: “Кена”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ قنا”
  • Uzbek: “Qina”
  • Uzbek: “Qino muhofazasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Qena”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Qena”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ قنا”
  • Wu Chinese: “基纳省”
  • Zulu: “Qena Governorate”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Al Mifarragiya and Al Ayaysha.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Geziret Dawud and Temple of Shanhūr.

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Worth a closer look: Cairo and Alexandria.

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