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.
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  • Type: City with 190,000 residents
  • Description: city in Egypt
  • Also known as: Sawhaj”, “Suhag”, “Suhaj”, and “Suwhaj

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sohag Stadium.

Stadium
is located in the city centre of Sohag, its capacity is 20,000.

Sohag

Latitude
26.5477° or 26° 32′ 52″ north
Longitude
31.6993° or 31° 41′ 57″ east
Population
190,000
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
IATA airport code
HMB
Open location code
7GRHGMXX+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1636218447
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
347796
Wiki­data ID
Q388108
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sohag” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سوهاج
  • Arabic: مركز سوهاج
  • Asturian: Sohag
  • Azerbaijani: Sövhac
  • Basque: Sohag
  • Belarusian: Сагаг
  • Bengali: সোহাগ
  • Catalan: Sohag
  • Cebuano: Sohag
  • Chinese: 索哈傑
  • Chinese: 索哈杰
  • Czech: Súhág
  • Danish: Sohag
  • Dutch: Suhaj
  • Egyptian Arabic: سوهاج
  • Esperanto: Saŭhaĝo
  • Finnish: Sohag
  • French: Sohag
  • Galician: Sohag
  • Georgian: სუჰაგი
  • German: Sauhadsch
  • German: Sawhaj
  • German: Sohag
  • German: Sōhāg
  • German: Suhag
  • Greek: Σοχάγκ
  • Gujarati: સોહાગ
  • Hebrew: סוהאג
  • Hindi: सोहाग
  • Hungarian: Szohág
  • Indonesian: Suhaj
  • Irish: Sohag
  • Italian: Sohag
  • Japanese: ソハーグ
  • Kabyle: Suhaǧ
  • Kannada: ಸೊಹಾಗ್
  • Korean: 소하그
  • Latvian: Sohaga
  • Lithuanian: Sohagas
  • Lithuanian: Suhagas
  • Malagasy: Sohag
  • Malay: Suhaj
  • Marathi: सोहाग
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sohag
  • Norwegian: Sohag
  • Persian: سوهاج
  • Polish: Sauhadż
  • Polish: Sohag
  • Polish: Suhadż
  • Portuguese: Soague
  • Portuguese: Sohag
  • Romanian: Suhaj
  • Russian: Сохаг
  • Scots: Sohag
  • Serbian: Sohag
  • Serbian: Сохаг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sohag
  • Sinhala: සොහාග්
  • South Azerbaijani: سوهاج
  • Spanish: Suhag
  • Swahili: Sohag
  • Swedish: Sawhāj
  • Swedish: Sohag
  • Swedish: Souhag
  • Swedish: Suhaj
  • Swedish: سوهاج
  • Tajik: Савҳоҷ
  • Tamil: சோகக்
  • Telugu: సోహాగ్
  • Thai: ซูฮาจญ์
  • Turkish: Sevhac
  • Ukrainian: Согаг
  • Ukrainian: Согаґ
  • Ukrainian: Сохаг
  • Urdu: سوہاج
  • Uzbek: Savhoj
  • Venetian: Sohag
  • Vietnamese: Sohag
  • Waray (Philippines): Sohag
  • Waray (Philippines): Suhaj
  • Zulu: Sohag, Gibhithe

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