Akhmim
Akhmim is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as Khemmis or Chemmis and Panopolis, it is located on the east bank of the Nile, 6 kilometres to the northeast of Sohag.
- Type: Town with 151,000 residents
- Description: city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt
- Also known as: “Achmîm”, “Ahmím”, “Ajmin”, “Akhmeem”, “akhmem”, “Akhmimas”, “Akhmin”, “Akhmîn”, “Akhmûn”, “Chemin”, “Chemmis”, “Chemmo”, “Chenmet-Min”, “Chenti-Min”, “Ekhmin”, “El-achmim”, “El-echmim”, “Hent-Min”, “Ipu”, “Khemmis”, “Khemmisz”, “Khent-Menu”, “Khmin”, “Paloupolis”, “Pano”, “Panopoli”, “Panopolisz”, “Panospolis”, “Schmin”, “Smin”, “Акхмим”, “Ахмим қаласы”, “Панополь”, “פאנופוליס”, “アカミーム”, and “アクミム”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sohag Stadium.
Sohag Stadium
Stadium
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sohag.
Akhmim
- Categories: city, archaeological site, big city, and locality
- Location: Sohag Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.5627° or 26° 33′ 46″ north
Longitude
31.7434° or 31° 44′ 36″ east
Population
151,000
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
7GRHHP7V+39
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Akhmim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أخميم”
- Arabic: “اخميم”
- Armenian: “Ախմիմ”
- Asturian: “Akhmim”
- Azerbaijani: “Ahmim”
- Basque: “Panopolis”
- Catalan: “Akhmim”
- Cebuano: “Akhmīm”
- Chinese: “艾赫米姆”
- Danish: “Akhmim”
- Dutch: “Achmim”
- Egyptian Arabic: “إخميم”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اخميم”
- Esperanto: “Aĥmim”
- Finnish: “Akhmim”
- French: “Akhmîm”
- Georgian: “ახმიმი”
- German: “Achmim”
- German: “Achmīm”
- Greek: “Αχμίμ”
- Hebrew: “אכמים”
- Hindi: “अख़मीम”
- Hungarian: “Akhmím”
- Indonesian: “Akhmim”
- Irish: “Akhmim”
- Italian: “Akhmim”
- Japanese: “アフミーム”
- Kazakh: “Ахмим”
- Lithuanian: “Achmimas”
- Macedonian: “Ахмим”
- Malagasy: “Akhmīm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akhmim”
- Norwegian: “Akhmim”
- Persian: “اخمیم”
- Polish: “Achmim”
- Portuguese: “Acmim”
- Portuguese: “Akhmim”
- Romanian: “Akhmim”
- Russian: “Ахмим”
- Serbian: “Ахмим”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akhmim”
- Slovenian: “Ahmim”
- South Azerbaijani: “اخمیم”
- Spanish: “Panópolis”
- Swahili: “Akhmim”
- Swedish: “Akhmim”
- Tajik: “Ахмим”
- Turkish: “Ahmim”
- Ukrainian: “Ахмім”
- Urdu: “اخمیم”
- Venetian: “Akhmim”
- Vietnamese: “Akhmim”
- Zulu: “Akhmim”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Akhmim City and Naser City Housing.
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Highlights: Merritt Temple of Amun and Sidi Imran.
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