Sidfa
Town in Asyut, Egypt
Sidfa صدفا | |
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26°57′55″N 31°22′51″E / 26.96528°N 31.38083°E / 26.96528; 31.38083 | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Asyut |
Area [1] | |
• Total | 33.08 sq mi (85.67 km2) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 200,977 |
• Density | 6,100/sq mi (2,300/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
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ḥt sḥtp[2][3] in hieroglyphs | ||||
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Era: Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC) | ||||
Sidfa (Arabic: صدفا, from Ancient Egyptian: ḥw.t-sḥtp.t[4]) is a town in Egypt.[5] It is located near the city of Abnub in the Asyut Governorate. It was known in antiquity by the Greeks as Hisopis.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ṣidfa (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1927). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 4. p. 128.
- ^ a b Brugsch, Heinrich (1879). Dictionnaire géographique de l'ancienne Egypte: contenant par ordre alphabétique la nomenclature comparée des noms propres géographiques qui se rencontrent sur les monuments et dans les papyrus. J. C. Hinrichs. pp. 735–736.
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 85.
- ^ Buhūth Al-Qāhirah Fī Alʾulūm Al-ijtimaʾīyah. American University in Cairo. 1982.
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