Sidfa
صدفا
Sidfa is located in Egypt
Sidfa
Sidfa
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°57′55″N 31°22′51″E / 26.96528°N 31.38083°E / 26.96528; 31.38083
Country Egypt
GovernorateAsyut
Area
  Total33.08 sq mi (85.67 km2)
Population
 (2021)[1]
  Total200,977
  Density6,100/sq mi (2,300/km2)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
O6O34
R4
X1 Q3
X1
O49
ḥt sḥtp[2][3]
in hieroglyphs
Era: Ptolemaic dynasty
(305–30 BC)

Sidfa (Arabic: صدفا, from Ancient Egyptian: ḥw.t-sḥtp.t[4]) is a town in Egypt.[5] It is located near the city of Abnub in the Asyut Governorate. It was known in antiquity by the Greeks as Hisopis.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ṣidfa (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. Gauthier, Henri (1927). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 4. p. 128.
  3. 1 2 Brugsch, Heinrich (1879). Dictionnaire géographique de l'ancienne Egypte: contenant par ordre alphabétique la nomenclature comparée des noms propres géographiques qui se rencontrent sur les monuments et dans les papyrus. J. C. Hinrichs. pp. 735–736.
  4. Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 85.
  5. Buhūth Al-Qāhirah Fī Alʾulūm Al-ijtimaʾīyah. American University in Cairo. 1982.


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