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City in Sohag, Egypt
Saqultah ساقلتة
City
Saqultah is located in EgyptSaqultahSaqultahLocation in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°39′N 31°40′E / 26.650°N 31.667°E / 26.650; 31.667
Country Egypt
GovernorateSohag
Area
 • Total32.63 sq mi (84.51 km)
Population
 • Total227,719
 • Density7,000/sq mi (2,700/km)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Saqultah (Arabic: ساقلتة) is a small Upper Egyptian city near Akhmim. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Sohag Governorate.

Etymology

Saqultah is one of the oldest villages in Egypt, originally named Saqiyat Qultah, or Saqiyas of Kollouthos (Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲗⲟⲩϫ).

The city has been named in:

  • the Laws of Court (قوانين الدواوين) by the 6th century Egyptian writer Al-Asaad bin Mamati
  • the Tuhfat al-Irshad as El Quseyya
  • the Mu’jam al-Buldan (glossary of countries): "Qulta is a good village, known as Saqiya Qalta in Upper Egypt, east of the Nile, near Akhmim."
  • the works of Al-Suyuti, quoting the Akhmimiya.
  • The name was changed from Saqiyat Qultah to Saqultah by fusing the first half of the first word with the second half of the second word, so it became "Saqlath", as mentioned in old calendar books from 1231 AH (Between 1815-1816 AD).
  • the 1877 tables of the Ministry of Finance mention it as “Saqlath and the Arabs”.

See also

26°39′N 31°40′E / 26.650°N 31.667°E / 26.650; 31.667References

  1. ^ "Sāqultah (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. Carsten Peust (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 71, 83.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Ramzy, Mohamed (1994). 'Geographical Dictionary of the Egyptian Country.
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