Tur‘at aţ Ţahţāwīyah
Tur‘at aţ Ţahţāwīyah is a canal in Sohag Governorate, Egypt. Tur‘at aţ Ţahţāwīyah is situated nearby to the locality Awlād Nuşayr, as well as near Bājā.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sohag Stadium.
Sohag Stadium
Stadium
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Sohag Stadium is located in the city centre of Sohag, its capacity is 20,000. Sohag Stadium is situated 3½ km east of Tur‘at aţ Ţahţāwīyah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sohag and Akhmim.
Sohag
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Sohag, 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 Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the governorate was Girga Governorate.
Akhmim
Town
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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. Akhmim is situated 7 km east of Tur‘at aţ Ţahţāwīyah.
Tur‘at aţ Ţahţāwīyah
- Type: Canal
- Also known as: “Aṭ-Ṭahṭāwiyyah Canal” and “Tur`at at Tahtawiyah”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sohag Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.56809° or 26° 34′ 5″ northLongitude
31.67796° or 31° 40′ 41″ eastElevation
63 metres (207 feet)Open location code
7GRHHM9H+65GeoNames ID
12121609
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In Other Languages
“Tur‘at aţ Ţahţāwīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ترعة الطهطاوية”
Localities in the Area
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