Asyut Governorate

Asyūṭ is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It stretches across a section of the Nile River. The capital of the governorate is the city of .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 5,170,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Asyut”, “Mohafazat Asyut”, “Mudīrīyat Asyūţ”, and “Muhafazat Asyut

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Assiut and Abnub.

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.

Town
is a city in . It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate, several kilometres northwest of . As of the 2023 census, the population was 118,843. is situated 9 km northeast of Asyut Governorate.

Asyut Governorate

Latitude
27.2° or 27° 12′ north
Longitude
31.1° or 31° 6′ east
Population
5,170,000
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
Open location code
7GVH632X+2X
Geo­Names ID
359781
Wiki­data ID
Q29965
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Asyut Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: Asyūţ
  • Arabic: أسيوط
  • Arabic: محافظة أسيوط
  • Armenian: Ասյութ
  • Azerbaijani: Əsyut mühafəzəsi
  • Belarusian: Асьют
  • Belarusian: Мухафаза Асьют
  • Bengali: আসুত গভর্নোরেট
  • Bosnian: Asyut
  • Bulgarian: Асют
  • Catalan: governació d’Asyut
  • Catalan: Governació d’Asyut
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at Asyūţ
  • Chinese: Asyut Séng
  • Chinese: 艾斯尤特省
  • Chinese: 艾西尤特省
  • Czech: Asijút
  • Danish: Asyut
  • Dutch: Assioet
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة اسيوط
  • Esperanto: Provinco Asjut
  • Estonian: Assiuti kubernerkond
  • Estonian: Asyūţi kubernerkond
  • Finnish: Asyutin kuvernementti
  • Finnish: Asyutin kuvernoraatti
  • French: Assiout
  • French: Gouvernorat d’Assiout
  • Georgian: ასიუტის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Asyut
  • German: Asyūt
  • German: Asyūṭ
  • German: EG-AST
  • German: Gouvernement Asyut
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Ασιούτ
  • Gujarati: અસ્યુત ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: אסיוט
  • Hebrew: מחוז אסיוט
  • Hindi: असयूत गवर्नरेट
  • Hindi: असयूत मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Hungarian: Aszjút kormányzóság
  • Indonesian: Asyut Governorate
  • Irish: Gobharnóireacht Asyut
  • Italian: Governatorato di Asyut
  • Japanese: アシュート県
  • Kannada: ಅಸ್ಯುತ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 아시우트주
  • Latin: Asyūṭ
  • Latvian: Asjūtas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Asjuto muchafaza
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Asyut
  • Marathi: अस्युत गव्हर्नोरेट
  • Min Nan Chinese: Asyut Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Asyut
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Asyut guvernement
  • Norwegian: Guvernementet Asyut
  • Persian: استان اسیوط
  • Polish: Asjut
  • Portuguese: Assiut
  • Portuguese: Assiúte
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Asyut
  • Russian: Асьют
  • Scots: Asyut Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Асјут
  • Serbo-Croatian: Asjut (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Asjut
  • Sinhala: අස්යුට් පළාත
  • Slovak: Asjút (guvernorát)
  • Slovak: Asjút
  • South Azerbaijani: اسیوط اوستانی
  • Spanish: Asiut
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Asiut
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Asyut
  • Swedish: Asyut
  • Tajik: Вилояти Асют
  • Tamil: அஸ்யூட் கோவெர்னோரே
  • Telugu: అస్యుత్ గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอัสยูฏ
  • Turkish: Asyut
  • Uighur: ئەسيۇت
  • Ukrainian: Асьют
  • Urdu: محافظہ اسیوط
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Asyut
  • Waray (Philippines): Asyut
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ اسیوت
  • Wu Chinese: 艾斯尤特省
  • Yue Chinese: 艾斯尤特省
  • Zulu: Asyut Governorate

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