North Africa
Egypt
Sohag Governorate

Akhmim

Akhmim is a city in the of . 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 .
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  • Type: Town with 151,000 residents
  • Description: city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt
  • Also known as: “Akhmīm”, “Akhmûn”, “Chemmis”, “Ekhmin”, “Paloupolis”, “Panopolis”, and “Panospolis”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sohag Stadium.

Stadium
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is located in the city centre of , its capacity is 20,000. is situated 3½ km west of Akhmim.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sohag.

Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also spelled as Suhag or Suhaj, is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. The city has been the capital of since 1960, before which the capital was and the name of the governorate was Girga Governorate.

Akhmim

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
node 1184124741
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
361661
Wiki­data ID
Q340572
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Akhmim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أخميم”
  • Arabic: “إخميم”
  • Arabic: “اخميم”
  • Armenian: “Ախմիմ”
  • Asturian: “Akhmim”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ahmim”
  • Basque: “Panopolis”
  • Catalan: “Akhmim”
  • Cebuano: “Akhmīm”
  • Chinese: “艾赫米姆”
  • Danish: “Akhmim”
  • Dutch: “Achmim”
  • Dutch: “Achmîm”
  • Dutch: “Akhmim”
  • Dutch: “Akhmīm”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “أخميم”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “إخميم”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اخميم”
  • Esperanto: “Aĥmim”
  • Finnish: “Akhmim”
  • French: “Akhmim”
  • French: “Akhmîm”
  • French: “Akhmin”
  • French: “Akhmîn”
  • French: “Chemmis”
  • French: “Khent-Menu”
  • French: “Panopolis”
  • Georgian: “ახმიმი”
  • German: “Achmim”
  • German: “Achmīm”
  • German: “Ahmim”
  • German: “Akhmim”
  • German: “Chemin”
  • German: “Chemmis”
  • German: “Chemmo”
  • German: “Chenmet-Min”
  • German: “Chenti-Min”
  • German: “El-achmim”
  • German: “El-echmim”
  • German: “Ipu”
  • German: “Pano”
  • German: “Panopolis”
  • German: “Schmin”
  • Greek: “Αχμίμ”
  • Hebrew: “אכמים”
  • Hebrew: “פאנופוליס”
  • Hungarian: “Ahmím”
  • Hungarian: “Akhmím”
  • Hungarian: “Hent-Min”
  • Hungarian: “Ipu”
  • Hungarian: “Khemmisz”
  • Hungarian: “Khmin”
  • Hungarian: “Panopolisz”
  • Hungarian: “Smin”
  • Indonesian: “Akhmim”
  • Irish: “Akhmim”
  • Italian: “Akhmim”
  • Italian: “Akhmīm”
  • Italian: “Akhmin”
  • Italian: “Khemmis”
  • Italian: “Panopoli”
  • Japanese: “アクミム”
  • Japanese: “アフミーム”
  • Kazakh: “Ахмим қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Ахмим”
  • Lithuanian: “Achmim”
  • Lithuanian: “Achmimas”
  • Lithuanian: “Akhmimas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ipu”
  • Lithuanian: “Panopolis”
  • Malagasy: “Akhmīm”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akhmim”
  • Norwegian: “Akhmim”
  • Persian: “اخمیم”
  • Polish: “Achmim”
  • Polish: “Akhmim”
  • Portuguese: “Acmim”
  • Portuguese: “Akhmim”
  • Portuguese: “Panópolis”
  • Romanian: “Akhmim”
  • Russian: “Акхмим”
  • Russian: “Ахмим”
  • Russian: “Панополь”
  • Serbian: “Ахмим”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akhmim”
  • Slovenian: “Ahmim”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اخمیم”
  • Spanish: “Ajmin”
  • Spanish: “Akhmīm”
  • Spanish: “Panopolis”
  • Spanish: “Panópolis”
  • Swahili: “Akhmim”
  • Swahili: “Akhmīm”
  • Swahili: “Chemmis”
  • Swahili: “Panopolis”
  • Swedish: “Akhmeem”
  • Swedish: “Akhmim”
  • Swedish: “Panopolis”
  • Tajik: “Ахмим”
  • Turkish: “Ahmim”
  • Ukrainian: “Ахмім”
  • Urdu: “اخمیم”
  • Venetian: “Akhmim”
  • Vietnamese: “Akhmim”
  • Zulu: “Akhmim”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Akhmim City and Naser City Housing.

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