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.
- Town with about 102,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (280 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Panopolis”
- Description: city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt
- Also known as“akhmem”“Akhmûn”“Chemmis”“Ekhmin”“Paloupolis”“Panospolis”
Places of Interest
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Sohag Stadium
Sohag Stadium is located in the city centre of Sohag, its capacity is 20,000.
3½ km west of Akhmim
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sohag.
Akhmim
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Latitude
26.5627° or 26° 33′ 46″ north
Longitude
31.7434° or 31° 44′ 36″ east
Open location code
7GRHHP7V+39
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Akhmim” goes by many names.
أخميمArabic
ԱխմիմArmenian
AkhmimAsturian
AhmimAzerbaijani
PanopolisBasque
AkhmimCatalan
AkhmīmCebuano
艾赫米姆Chinese
AkhmimDanish
AchmîmDutch
AkhmīmDutch
أخميمEgyptian Arabic
AĥmimEsperanto
AkhmimFinnish
ახმიმიGeorgian
ΑχμίμGreek
אכמיםHebrew
פאנופוליסHebrew
अख़मीमHindi
AhmímHungarian
AkhmímHungarian
Hent-MinHungarian
IpuHungarian
KhemmiszHungarian
KhminHungarian
PanopoliszHungarian
SminHungarian
AkhmimIndonesian
AkhmimIrish
AkhmīmItalian
AkhminItalian
KhemmisItalian
PanopoliItalian
アカミームJapanese
アクミムJapanese
アフミームJapanese
АхмимKazakh
Ахмим қаласыKazakh
AchmimLithuanian
AchmimasLithuanian
AkhmimasLithuanian
IpuLithuanian
PanopolisLithuanian
АхмимMacedonian
AkhmīmMalagasy
AkhmimNorwegian
AkhmimNorwegian Bokmål
اخمیمPersian
AchmimPolish
AkhmimPolish
AkhmimRomanian
АкхмимRussian
АхмимRussian
ПанопольRussian
АхмимSerbian
AkhmimSerbo-Croatian
AhmimSlovenian
اخمیمSouth Azerbaijani
AkhmīmSwahili
ChemmisSwahili
PanopolisSwahili
AkhmeemSwedish
AkhmimSwedish
PanopolisSwedish
АхмимTajik
AhmimTurkish
АхмімUkrainian
اخمیمUrdu
AkhmimVenetian
AkhmimVietnamese
AkhmimZulu
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