Sidfa (, from
) is a town in
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
.
It is located near the city of
Abnub in the
Asyut Governorate
Asyūṭ () is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It stretches across a section of the Nile River. The capital of the governorate is the city of Asyut.
Etymology
The name of Asyut is derived from early Egyptian ''Zawty'' (''Z3JW.TJ''), late E ...
. It was known in antiquity by the
Greeks
Greeks or Hellenes (; , ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Greek Cypriots, Cyprus, Greeks in Albania, southern Albania, Greeks in Turkey#History, Anatolia, parts of Greeks in Italy, Italy and Egyptian Greeks, Egypt, and to a l ...
as Hisopis.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Egypt
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* 10th of Ramadan
* 15th of May (city), 15th of May
* 6th of October (city), 6th of October
A
* Abu El Matamir
* Abu Hummus
* Abu Tesht
* Abu Tig
* Akhmim
* Al Khankah
* Alexandria
* Arish
* Ashmoun
* Aswan
* Awsim
* Ain Sokhna
B
* ...
References
Populated places in Asyut Governorate
Former populated places in Egypt
Cities in Egypt
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