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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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In both periods, the two best represented governorates for Port Said were adjacent Damietta and Daqahliya, for Suez they were the two upper Egyptian governorates of Sohag and Qena, and for Ismailiya they were the neighboring governorate of Sharqiya and the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena.
War and forced migration in Egypt: the experience of evacuation from ... by Hopkins, Nicholas S. / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
A court in the Sohag governorate acquitted most of the defendants and issued light sentences on the rest, triggering Coptic anger.
Egyptian appeals court orders civil rights activist Ibrahim released, ... by Hammond, Andrew / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
An earlier similar call was made by local Gama 'a leaders in Minya and Sohag in 1994.
MARGINALIZED VIOLENT INTERNAL CONFLICT IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION: ... by Tschirgi, Dan / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
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