Saqultah
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Saqultah
ساقلتة | |
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  Saqultah Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°39′N 31°40′E / 26.650°N 31.667°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Sohag |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.63 sq mi (84.51 km2) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 227,719 |
| • Density | 7,000/sq mi (2,700/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Saqultah (Arabic: ساقلتة) is a small Upper Egyptian city near Akhmim. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Sohag Governorate.
Etymology[edit]
Saqultah is one of the oldest villages in Egypt, originally named Saqiyat Qultah, or Saqiyas of Kollouthos (Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲗⲟⲩϫ).[2]
The city has been named in:
- the Laws of Court (قوانين الدواوين) by the 6th century Egyptian writer Al-Asaad bin Mamati
- the Tuhfat al-Irshad as El Quseyya
- the Mu’jam al-Buldan (glossary of countries): "Qulta is a good village, known as Saqiya Qalta in Upper Egypt, east of the Nile, near Akhmim."
- the works of Al-Suyuti, quoting the Akhmimiya, though he distorts the name by integrating it with Al-Sadr, so it became "Saqlath", as mentioned in old calendar books from 1231 AH.
- the 1877 tables of the Ministry of Finance mention it as “Saqlath and the Arabs”.[3]
See also[edit]
26°39′N 31°40′E / 26.650°N 31.667°EReferences[edit]
- ^ a b "Sāqultah (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ Carsten Peust (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 71, 83.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Ramzy, Mohamed (1994). 'Geographical Dictionary of the Egyptian Country.
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