Sohag

Sohag, also spelled as Suhag or Suhaj, is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. It has been the capital of since 1960, before which the capital was and the name of the governorate was Girga Governorate.
  • City with about 194,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (220 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code HMB
  • Description: city in Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Sawhaj”
    “Suhag”
    “Suhaj”
    “Suwhaj”

Places of Interest

Discover Sohag Stadium.
is located in the city centre of Sohag, its capacity is 20,000.
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Latitude
26.5477° or 26° 32′ 52″ north
Longitude
31.6993° or 31° 41′ 57″ east
Open location code
7GRHGMXX+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sohag” goes by many names.
سوهاجArabic
مركز سوهاجArabic
SohagAsturian
SövhacAzerbaijani
SohagBasque
СагагBelarusian
সোহাগBengali
SohagCatalan
SohagCebuano
索哈傑Chinese
索哈杰Chinese
SúhágCzech
SohagDanish
SuhajDutch
سوهاجEgyptian Arabic
SaŭhaĝoEsperanto
SohagFinnish
SohagGalician
სუჰაგიGeorgian
ΣοχάγκGreek
સોહાગGujarati
סוהאגHebrew
सोहागHindi
SzohágHungarian
SuhajIndonesian
SohágIrish
SohagItalian
ソハーグJapanese
SuhaǧKabyle
ಸೊಹಾಗ್Kannada
소하그Korean
SohagaLatvian
SohagasLithuanian
SuhagasLithuanian
SohagMalagasy
SuhajMalay
सोहागMarathi
SohagNorwegian
SohagNorwegian Bokmål
سوهاجPersian
SauhadżPolish
SohagPolish
SuhadżPolish
SuhajRomanian
СохагRussian
SohagScots
SawhàjScottish Gaelic
SohàgScottish Gaelic
SùhàjScottish Gaelic
SohagSerbian
СохагSerbian
SohagSerbo-Croatian
සොහාග්Sinhala
سوهاجSouth Azerbaijani
SohagSwahili
SawhājSwedish
SohagSwedish
SouhagSwedish
SuhajSwedish
سوهاجSwedish
СавҳоҷTajik
சோகக்Tamil
సోహాగ్Telugu
ซูฮาจญ์Thai
SevhacTurkish
СогагUkrainian
СогаґUkrainian
СохагUkrainian
سوہاجUrdu
SavhojUzbek
SohagVenetian
SohagVietnamese
SohagWaray (Philippines)
SuhajWaray (Philippines)
Sohag, GibhitheZulu

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