Samalut
Sign in to saveSamalut (, from t-Semulot) is a city and capital of the eponymous markaz (county) in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. The markaz comprises nine main villages, and 54 subsidiary villages and hamlets, and is located on the west bank of the Nile, 225 km south of Cairo.
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Place details
- Locality
- مدينه سمالوط
- Region
- المنيا
- Country
- مصر
- Population
- 142,009
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Samalut
- Settlement.native_name
- ⲧⲥⲉⲙⲟⲩⲗⲟⲧ
- Settlement.image_skyline
- SamalutOldMosqueEast.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Minya
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 167.0
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
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Samalut (, from t-Semulot) is a city and capital of the eponymous markaz (county) in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. The markaz comprises nine main villages, and 54 subsidiary villages and hamlets, and is located on the west bank of the Nile, 225 km south of Cairo.
The earliest known reference to the city of Samalut can be found in a Coptic funerary inscription that possibly dates back to the 5th century AD.