Upper Egypt

Upper Egypt is a region of the Nile Valley in , between and and the historical region of Lower , characterised by a number of ancient settlements and temple towns that draw thousands of travellers every year.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Luxor and Aswan.
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is a city in Upper Egypt.
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is the southernmost city of , some 870…
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in Upper Egypt was saved from the rising…

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Edfu and Esna.
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is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank…
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is an town in the region of Upper Egypt.
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is an agricultural town in famous for the .
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is an locality - a range of sandstone…

Upper Egypt

  • Region
  • Description: strip of land that spans from the first cataract at Aswan to Mephis latitudinally, and longitudinally along the Ro Henu corridor, the terrestrial gateway of the Mu-qed conduit
  • Also known as
    “Aş Şa‘īd”
    “El-Said”
    “Es Sa‘id”
    “Şa‘īd Mişr”
    “Upper Egypt, Upper Egypt”
  • Categories
    historical country
    locality
  • Location
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Latitude of center
22.4167° or 22° 25′ north
Longitude of center
31.75° or 31° 45′ east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768583143
Open­Street­Map feature
place = region
Geo­Names ID
359888
Wiki­data ID
Q203751

Satellite Map

See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Upper Egypt” goes by many names.
Bo-EgipteAfrikaans
الصعيدArabic
الصعيديArabic
الوجة القبلىArabic
الوجه القبليArabic
صعيدArabic
صعيد مصرArabic
مصر العلياArabic
وجه القبليArabic
Վերին ԵգիպտոսArmenian
Yuxarı MisirAzerbaijani
Egipto GaraiaBasque
Goi EgiptoBasque
Верхні ЕгіпетBelarusian
উচ্চ মিশরBengali
Gornji EgipatBosnian
Egipt UhelBreton
Gorre EgiptBreton
Горен ЕгипетBulgarian
Alt EgipteCatalan
Han.remmarisCatalan
Llista de ciutats de l’Alt EgipteCatalan
上埃及Chinese
Gornji EgipatCroatian
Horní EgyptCzech
Øvre EgyptenDanish
Mısıro CorênDimli (individual language)
Boven-EgypteDutch
Opper-EgypteDutch
الصعيدEgyptian Arabic
صعيدEgyptian Arabic
صعيد مصرEgyptian Arabic
مصر العلياEgyptian Arabic
Alta EgiptioEsperanto
Ülem-EgiptusEstonian
Ylä-EgyptiFinnish
Haute-ÉgypteFrench
Upper EgyptFrench
𞤁𞤮𞤱𞤪𞤭 𞤥𞤭𞤧𞤭𞤪𞤢Fulah
Alto ExiptoGalician
ზემო ეგვიპტეGeorgian
OberägyptenGerman
OberägyptischGerman
Upper EgyptGerman
Άνω ΑίγυπτοςGreek
מצרים העליונהHebrew
מצרים עיליתHebrew
उपरी मिस्रHindi
Felső-EgyiptomHungarian
Efra EgyptalandIcelandic
Mesir AtasIndonesian
Mesir HuluIndonesian
An Éigipt UachtarachIrish
Alto EgittoItalian
上エジプトJapanese
상이집트Korean
Aegyptus superiorLatin
Aukštutinis EgiptasLithuanian
Горен ЕгипетMacedonian
Ejipta AmbonyMalagasy
Mesir AtasMalay
Mesir HuluMalay
Siōng Ai-ki̍pMin Nan Chinese
Øvre EgyptNorwegian
Øvre EgyptNorwegian Bokmål
Øvre EgyptNorwegian Nynorsk
Sa’id MisrNorwegian Nynorsk
Nauta EgipteOccitan (post 1500)
مصر علیاPersian
Górny EgiptPolish
Alto EgiptoPortuguese
Alto EgitoPortuguese
Egiptul de SusRomanian
Верхний ЕгипетRussian
ПатросRussian
Gornji EgipatSerbian
Горњи ЕгипатSerbian
Gornji EgipatSerbo-Croatian
مٿانهين مصرSindhi
Gornji EgiptSlovenian
Zgornji EgiptSlovenian
Alto EgiptoSpanish
Mkoa wa juu wa MisriSwahili
Övre EgyptenSwedish
மேல் எகிப்துTamil
อียิปต์บนThai
Yukarı MısırTurkish
Верхній ЄгипетUkrainian
بالائی مصرUrdu
Alto EzitoVenetian
Thượng Ai CậpVietnamese
Taas nga EhiptoWaray (Philippines)
بالائی مصرWestern Panjabi
上埃及Yue Chinese
“I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me.”

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