Jirja
Girga, alternatively Digirga, Digurga or Jirjā is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt located on the west bank of the Nile. It is the metropolitan see of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and is the oldest continuously-inhabited city on the African continent.
- City with about 158,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (230 feet)
- …is also known as “Girga”
- Description: city in Egypt
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Latitude
26.3374° or 26° 20′ 15″ north
Longitude
31.8912° or 31° 53′ 28″ east
Open location code
7GRH8VPR+XF
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Jirja” goes by many names.
أعلام جرجاArabic
ثينيسArabic
جرجاArabic
مدينة جرجاArabic
ԳիրգաArmenian
GirgaAsturian
GirgaBasque
ГиргаBulgarian
GirgaCatalan
JirjāCebuano
吉尔贾Chinese
吉爾賈Chinese
GirgaDutch
JirjāDutch
جرجاEgyptian Arabic
ĜarĝaEsperanto
GirgaEsperanto
ジルジャーJapanese
ソハーグJapanese
ГиргаKazakh
JirjāMalagasy
GirgaNorwegian
GirgaNorwegian Bokmål
جرجاPersian
GirgaSwahili
JirjaSwedish
CircaTurkish
ГіргаUkrainian
ҐірґаUkrainian
جرجاUrdu
GirgaVenetian
GirgaZulu
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