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Sohag

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Sohag (sō`hăg) or Sawhaj (sô`häj), town (1986 pop. 132,649), capital of Sohag governorate, central Egypt, on the Nile River. It is located in a densely populated agricultural region. Local industries include ginned cotton and silk weaving. Two Coptic monasteries are there. Nearby is Bayt Khallaf, the site of a mastaba built under King Zoser (III dynasty).


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The country re-offered licences for Sohag in southern Egypt and the New Valley in the Western Desert later that year after failing to receive bids for them in October.
The zones currently slated to receive funds are Beni Suef, Assuit, Sohag, New Valley, Luxor, Fayoum, Kafr El Sheikh, Dakahlia, North Sinai, Helwan, Gharbeia, as well as the new industrial zone that will occupy 320 feddans in Port Said.
Earlier this year, the Muslim dwellers of another village in Sohag set houses owned by Bahais on fire.
 
 
 
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