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Girga
Sign in to saveGirga (, ), alternatively Digirga, Digurga or Jirjā is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt located on the west bank of the Nile. It is the metropolitan see of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and is the oldest continuously-inhabited city on the African continent (late 4th millennium BC).
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Girga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Uthman Bey Mosque Entrance (top) - Suq Market (left) - Mitwalli Mosque Entrance (right)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sohag
- Settlement.established_date
- 3273 BC
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- جرجا
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Sohag Governorate
- Population
- +140622
- Elevation
- +70
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Girga
- Image
- Girgeh (1890) - TIMEA.jpg
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10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Overview
- History
- Places of worship
- Mosques
- Churches and monasteries
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Girga (, ), alternatively Digirga, Digurga or Jirjā is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt located on the west bank of the Nile. It is the metropolitan see of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and is the oldest continuously-inhabited city on the African continent (late 4th millennium BC).
==Name==