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Asyūṭ

Also known as Siout, Asioot

città dell'Egitto

OverviewAI-generated

Asyut is a city and archaeological site in Egypt, serving as the capital of Asyut Governorate. Located on the Nile River, the city has an elevation of 56 meters above sea level. It is situated in the Africa/Cairo time zone, which corresponds to UTC+02:00. Asyut is twinned with Iași.

The city has a population of 562,061, with another source listing 528,669. Its inception is dated to 3100 BCE. Asyut is described in sources including The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Place details

Locality: أسيوط
Region: أسيوط
Country: مصر
Population: 528,669
Timezone: Africa/Cairo

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Air quality

247US AQIVery unhealthy

PM2.5: 88.5 µg/m³
PM10: 382.8 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Asyut
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.pushpin_map: Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Asyut within Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Asyut
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 3100 BC
Settlement.area_total_km2: 26.6
Settlement.elevation_m: 56
Settlement.population_total: 490,000
Settlement.population_as_of: 2024
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_density_sq_mi: auto
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: archaeological site
Country: Egypt
Located in: Asyut Governorate
Population: 60000
Elevation: 56
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Nile
Image: The Coptic Center السنتر - panoramio.jpg

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Commons category: Asyut
twinned administrative body: Iași
topic's main category: Category:Assiut
category for people born here: Q26941200
category of associated people: Category:People from Asyut
P8168: styphnic acid
inception: 3100-00-00
P12749: Warren Weir

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Travel guide

Understand

Pharoes called the city "Seut", derived from "Sout" which means "Guardian" in the ancient Egyptian language. This name was used for about 3000 years, and then it was changed many times, until the Arabs named it "Assiut".

Do

Assiut celebrates its national day on the 18th of April every year, when the local residents of Bani Addiat, Manfalout city, struggled against the French Invasion.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Article · Italiano

Asyūṭ (in arabo: أسيوط‎) è una città dell'Egitto, capoluogo del governatorato omonimo. Si trova situata alla latitudine 27°10'14" N, sulla riva sinistra del Nilo. Il moderno nome arabo deriva dal nome copto. In epoca greco-romana la città fu detta Licopoli ("città dei lupi"; in greco: Λυκόπολις, o anche letteralmente ἡ Λύκων πόλις). La città è un importante centro agricolo del Medio Egitto (prevalgono le coltivazioni di grano e cotone) e ospita la terza più importante università dell'Egitto. Dalla fine degli anni '70, la città è diventata il più importante centro del paese (dopo Il Cairo) per la riflessione teorica e la pratica politica del cosiddetto fondamentalismo islamico; vi si pratica l'islamismo sunnita d'indirizzo giuridico-teologico hanbalita-wahhabita. La popolazione, secondo il censimento del 2006 era di 386 086 abitanti, e comprende anche una consistente minoranza di religione cristiana copta.

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