Assiut

Assiut is in . Like a piece of Heaven between Al-Minia to the north and Souhag to the south, Assiut twinkles in the heart of Egypt thanks to its middle location among the Egyptian governorates.
  • City with about 562,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (180 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ATZ
  • Description: City in Egypt
  • Address: أسيوط
  • Also known as
    “Asioot”
    “Assuit”
    “Asyout”
    “Asyut”
    “Licopolis”
    “Līkūpūlīs”
    “Siout”
    “Siut”

Places of Interest

Discover New Asyut Barrage.
MontyofEgypt, Public domain.
Power station
The Assiut Barrage is a dam on the Nile River in the city of Assiut in .
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Latitude
27.1833° or 27° 10′ 60″ north
Longitude
31.1854° or 31° 11′ 7″ east
UN/LOCODE
EG AST and EG ATZ
Open location code
7GVH55MP+85
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Assiut” goes by many names.
አስዩትAmharic
أسيوط‎Arabic
أسيوط (مدينة)Arabic
الوكايلArabic
سيوطArabic
مدينة أسيوطArabic
وكايلArabic
ԱսյութArmenian
ԱսյուտArmenian
AsyutAsturian
AsyutAzerbaijani
ƏsyutAzerbaijani
AsiutBasque
АсьютBelarusian
আসিউতBengali
АсютBulgarian
AssiutCatalan
AsyūţCebuano
Asyūţ (kapital sa lalawigan sa Ehipto)Cebuano
艾斯尤特Chinese
艾西尤特Chinese
阿西尤特Chinese
AsijútCzech
AsjútCzech
AsyutDanish
AssioetDutch
اسيوطEgyptian Arabic
AsjutoEsperanto
AssiutEstonian
AsyūţEstonian
AssiutFinnish
AsyutFinnish
ასიუტიGeorgian
ΑσιούτGreek
અસ્યુતGujarati
אסיוטHebrew
अस्युटHindi
अस्यूतHindi
AszjútHungarian
AsyutIgbo
SioutIgbo
AsyutIndonesian
AsyuthIndonesian
AsyútIrish
AssiutItalian
AsyūṭItalian
アシュートJapanese
アスユートJapanese
AsyuṭKabyle
ಅಸ್ಯುತ್Kannada
아시우트Korean
LycopolisLatin
AsjūtaLatvian
AsjutasLithuanian
AsyutMalay
अशुटMarathi
AsyutNorwegian
AsyutNorwegian Bokmål
AsyutNorwegian Nynorsk
AsyutOccitan (post 1500)
اسیوطPersian
AsjutPolish
AssiutRomanian
АсьютRussian
AsyutScots
AsyùtScottish Gaelic
АсјутSerbian
AsjutSerbo-Croatian
AsjutSilesian
අස්යුට්Sinhala
AsjútSlovak
AsjutSlovenian
اسیوطSouth Azerbaijani
AsyutSwahili
AsyutSwedish
АсютTajik
அஸ்யூட்Tamil
அஸ்யூத்Tamil
అస్యూట్Telugu
อัสยูฏThai
AsyutTurkish
АсьютUkrainian
اسیوطUrdu
AsyutUzbek
AsyūṭVenetian
AsyutVietnamese
AsyutWaray (Philippines)
AssioutWelsh
اسیوتWestern Panjabi
艾斯尤特Wu Chinese
艾斯尤特Yue Chinese
AsyutZulu

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