About Assiut

  

Location: 
The Governorate of Assiut lies in the middle of the Nile valley, almost in the middle of Egypt. Covering an area of 120 Km along the riverbanks. 
The name “Assiut”? 
The name Assiut means the guardian of the road, meaning the guardian of the frontier of Upper Egypt. But it is used to refer to the Governorate in general; the name was first made of two syllables, sa- wat, in Hieroglyphic, and then was modified to suit the Arabic tongue and became Assiut. 
Statistics: 
Total area 1558 Km². 
  • Percentage to total area of Egypt 0.15%. 
  • Population =2,9 million ( Male 1,5 million percentage 51,21%; * Female 1,4 million percentage 48,79%)
  • Population Density 1840 persons/Km². 
  • Rural population 2,1 urban population 0,6. 
  • Percentage to the whole Population of Egypt 4,82%. 
  • Population growth rate 2,6%. 
  • Assiut Governorate administrative division 10 Locality -2 Districts - 50 Local administrative unit - 185
    small village - 883 smaller villages.
*The governor of Assiut has rich and fascinating mixture of multicultural heritage, dating back as the Pre historic era. Then the Pharaonic times, the Greek & Roman times, the Coptic time, the Islamic time, up to the Modern times. That makes the visit to Egypt incomplete without a visit to Assiut. So let’s have a quick glance at what the city has to give: 
Assiut pre historic culture: 
Dare Tasa / Sahel Selim 
El Hamamya - El Eqal Qably /El Badary.
Pharaonic times
(Pharaonic Assiut, Dating back to old and middle kingdoms): Meer tombs. 
Christian Coptic Assiut 
El Muharaq monastery in al Qusiya. 

Islamic Assiut: 
Galal Addin Assiuti mosque in Assiut city.
Data prepared by Assiut Governorate
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