Middle Egypt
Middle Egypt is an extensive region of Egypt, extending through the Nile River valley, roughly between the cities of Beni Suef and Qus.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Assiut
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Assiut is in Egypt. Like a piece of Heaven between Al-Minia to the north and Souhag to the south, Assiut twinkles in the heart of Egypt thanks to its middle location among the Egyptian governorates.
Abydos
Abydos is an important Ancient Egyptian archaeological site in Middle Egypt, a collection of temples, sites and ancient cemeteries close to the town of al-Balyana, 90 km north of Luxor.
Amarna
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Amarna is a significant archaeological location in Middle Egypt, in the modern Egyptian province of el-Minya.
Destinations
Minya
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Minya is a city in Middle Egypt. Usually overlooked by tourists, this city has a long history and some interesting heritage to explore.
Sohag
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Sohag, also spelled as Sawhāj, Suhag and Suhaj, is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt.
Beni Suef
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Beni Suef is a city in Middle Egypt, some 115 km south of Cairo.
Dendera
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Dendera is an archaeological locality in Egypt just outside the town of Qena in the region of Middle Egypt.
El-Ashmunein
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Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt.
Beni Hasan
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Beni Hasan is a small village and an important archaeological locality in Middle Egypt, some 20 km south of the city of Minya.
Mallawi
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Mallawi is a city in Egypt, located in the governorate of Minya.
Middle Egypt
- Type: region
- Description: section of land between Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
28.07° or 28° 4' 12" northLongitude of centre
31.05° or 31° 3' eastWikidata ID
Q1422037Middle Egypt Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: مصر الوسطى
- Bosnian: Srednji Egipat
- Breton: Kreiz Egipt
- Chinese: 中埃及
- Dutch: Midden-Egypte
- Esperanto: Meza Egiptio
- Finnish: Keski-Egypti
- French: Moyenne-Egypte
- French: Moyenne-Égypte
- German: Mittelägypten
- Hebrew: מצרים התיכונה
- Indonesian: Mesir Tengah
- Italian: Medio Egitto
- Japanese: エジプト中部
- Japanese: 中エジプト
- Japanese: 中部エジプト
- Malagasy: Ejipta Antenatenany
- Norwegian: Midtre Egypt
- Norwegian Bokmål: Midtre Egypt
- Persian: مصر میانی
- Portuguese: Médio Egito
- Russian: Средний Египет
- Spanish: Egipto Medio
- Swedish: Mellersta Egypten
- Tamil: நடு எகிப்து
- Urdu: وسطی مصر
- Venetian: Mèdio Ezito
- Vietnamese: Trung Ai Cập
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Middle Egypt. Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 2.0.