Musha

Musha is a village in the , . It is the birthplace of the author and Islamist Sayyid Qutb. The Nicholas S. Hopkins Collection includes photographs of Musha from the 1980s.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: village in Asyut Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: Musha, Egypt

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Assiut.

is in . Like a piece of Heaven between Al-Minia to the north and Souhag to the south, twinkles in the heart of Egypt thanks to its middle location among the Egyptian governorates.

Musha

Latitude
27.11268° or 27° 6′ 46″ north
Longitude
31.2375° or 31° 14′ 15″ east
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
7GVH467Q+32
Geo­Names ID
351796
Wiki­data ID
Q3868503
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Musha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: موشا، أسيوط
  • Arabic: موشا
  • Arabic: موشة
  • Armenian: Մուշա
  • Danish: Musha
  • Dutch: Musha
  • Egyptian Arabic: موشا
  • French: Musha
  • Georgian: მუშა
  • German: Muscha
  • Hebrew: מושא
  • Irish: Musha
  • Italian: Musha
  • Italian: Mūshā
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Musha
  • Persian: موشا
  • Russian: Муша
  • South Azerbaijani: موشا
  • Urdu: مشا، مصر

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Musha”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.