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Akhmim
ϣⲙⲓⲛ
أخميم
[1]
City
Residential area in the city
Residential area in the city
Akhmim is located in Egypt
Akhmim
Akhmim
Location within Egypt
Coordinates: 26°34′N 31°45′E / 26.567°N 31.750°E / 26.567; 31.750
CountryAkhmim Egypt
GovernorateSohag
Area
[2]
 • Total43.9 sq mi (113.8 km2)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total482,666
 • Density11,000/sq mi (4,200/km2)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Akhmim (Arabic: أخميم, pronounced [ʔæxˈmiːm]; Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲙⲓⲙ, Coptic pronunciation: [xmiːm]; Sahidic/Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲙⲓⲛ Coptic pronunciation: [ʃmiːn]) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as Khemmis or Chemmis (Ancient Greek: Χέμμις)[3] and Panopolis (Ancient Greek: Πανὸς πόλις[4] and Πανόπολις[5]), it is located on the east bank of the Nile, four miles (6.4 km) to the northeast of Sohag.

  1. ^ Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II. John Murray. p. 956.
  2. ^ a b "Akhmīm (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gauthier177 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Panopolis (Akhmim)". Trismegistos. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Chemmis

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