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.
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Luxor and Aswan.

Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
is a city in Upper Egypt. had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the . Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as .

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
is the southernmost city of , some 870 km south of , just below the Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. is far more relaxed and smaller than and .

Photo: Than217, Public domain.
in Upper Egypt was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, growing behind the Aswan Dam, in a massive archaeological rescue plan sponsored by UNESCO in the 1960s.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Edfu and Esna.

Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between and , with a population of approximately 60,000 people. is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell .

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is an town in the region of Upper Egypt. is one of the oldest cities in Egypt. It is really an amazing experience and a fascinating imagination when you walk in the streets of the city nowadays in 2020 and you feel like you're walking through history.

Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an agricultural town in famous for the . It was originally an ancient Egyptian city called Nubt, meaning City of Gold.

Photo: Scitim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an locality - a range of sandstone hills - in the region of Upper Egypt, located on the river Nile some 42 km south of , alomost immediately north of and some 65 km north of .

Upper Egypt

  • Type: 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”, and “Upper Egypt, Upper Egypt”
  • Categories: historical country and locality
  • Location: , ,
  • View on Open­Street­Map
Latitude of center
22.4167° or 22° 25′ north
Longitude of center
31.75° or 31° 45′ east
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768583143
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
359888
Wiki­data ID
Q203751
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Upper Egypt from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Upper Egypt” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bo-Egipte”
  • Arabic: “الصعيد”
  • Arabic: “الصعيدي”
  • Arabic: “الوجة القبلى”
  • Arabic: “الوجه القبلي”
  • Arabic: “صعيد مصر”
  • Arabic: “صعيد”
  • Arabic: “مصر العليا”
  • Arabic: “وجه القبلي”
  • Armenian: “Վերին Եգիպտոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Misir”
  • Basque: “Egipto Garaia”
  • Basque: “Goi Egipto”
  • Belarusian: “Верхні Егіпет”
  • Bengali: “উচ্চ মিশর”
  • Bosnian: “Gornji Egipat”
  • Breton: “Egipt Uhel”
  • Breton: “Gorre Egipt”
  • Bulgarian: “Горен Египет”
  • Catalan: “Alt Egipte”
  • Catalan: “Han.remmaris”
  • Catalan: “Llista de ciutats de l’Alt Egipte”
  • Chinese: “Siōng Ai-ki̍p”
  • Chinese: “上埃及”
  • Croatian: “Gornji Egipat”
  • Czech: “Horní Egypt”
  • Danish: “Øvre Egypten”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Mısıro Corên”
  • Dutch: “Boven-Egypte”
  • Dutch: “Opper-Egypte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الصعيد”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صعيد مصر”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صعيد”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مصر العليا”
  • Esperanto: “Alta Egiptio”
  • Estonian: “Ülem-Egiptus”
  • Finnish: “Ylä-Egypti”
  • French: “Haute-Egypte”
  • French: “Haute-Égypte”
  • French: “Upper Egypt”
  • Fulah: “𞤁𞤮𞤱𞤪𞤭 𞤥𞤭𞤧𞤭𞤪𞤢”
  • Galician: “Alto Exipto”
  • Georgian: “ზემო ეგვიპტე”
  • German: “Oberägypten”
  • German: “Oberägyptisch”
  • German: “Upper Egypt”
  • Greek: “Άνω Αίγυπτος”
  • Hebrew: “מצרים העליונה”
  • Hebrew: “מצרים עילית”
  • Hindi: “उपरी मिस्र”
  • Hungarian: “Felső-Egyiptom”
  • Icelandic: “Efra Egyptaland”
  • Indonesian: “Mesir Atas”
  • Indonesian: “Mesir Hulu”
  • Irish: “An Éigipt Uachtarach”
  • Italian: “Alto Egitto”
  • Japanese: “上エジプト”
  • Korean: “상이집트”
  • Latin: “Aegyptus superior”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinis Egiptas”
  • Macedonian: “Горен Египет”
  • Malagasy: “Ejipta Ambony”
  • Malay: “Mesir Atas”
  • Malay: “Mesir Hulu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Siōng Ai-ki̍p”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øvre Egypt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øvre Egypt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sa’id Misr”
  • Norwegian: “Øvre Egypt”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nauta Egipte”
  • Persian: “مصر علیا”
  • Polish: “Górny Egipt”
  • Portuguese: “Alto Egipto”
  • Portuguese: “Alto Egito”
  • Romanian: “Egiptul de Sus”
  • Russian: “Верхний Египет”
  • Russian: “Патрос”
  • Serbian: “Gornji Egipat”
  • Serbian: “Горњи Египат”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gornji Egipat”
  • Sindhi: “مٿانهين مصر”
  • Slovenian: “Gornji Egipt”
  • Slovenian: “Zgornji Egipt”
  • Spanish: “Alto Egipto”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa juu wa Misri”
  • Swedish: “Övre Egypten”
  • Tamil: “மேல் எகிப்து”
  • Thai: “อียิปต์บน”
  • Turkish: “Yukarı Mısır”
  • Ukrainian: “Верхній Єгипет”
  • Urdu: “بالائی مصر”
  • Venetian: “Alto Ezito”
  • Vietnamese: “Thượng Ai Cập”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taas nga Ehipto”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالائی مصر”
  • Yue Chinese: “上埃及”

Egypt: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, and Port Suez.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.