Saqultah

Saqultah (Arabic: ساقلتة) is a small Upper Egyptian city near Akhmim. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Sohag Governorate.

Saqultah
ساقلتة
City
Saqultah is located in Egypt
Saqultah
Saqultah
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°39′N 31°40′E
Country Egypt
GovernorateSohag
Area
[1]
 • Total32.63 sq mi (84.51 km2)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total227,719
 • Density7,000/sq mi (2,700/km2)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Etymology

Saqultah is one of the oldest villages in Egypt, originally named Saqiyat Qultah, or Saqiyas of Kollouthos (Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲗⲟⲩϫ).[2]

The city has been named in:

  • the Laws of Court (قوانين الدواوين) by the 6th century Egyptian writer Al-Asaad bin Mamati
  • the Tuhfat al-Irshad as El Quseyya
  • the Mu’jam al-Buldan (glossary of countries): "Qulta is a good village, known as Saqiya Qalta in Upper Egypt, east of the Nile, near Akhmim."
  • the works of Al-Suyuti, quoting the Akhmimiya, though he distorts the name by integrating it with Al-Sadr, so it became "Saqlath", as mentioned in old calendar books from 1231 AH.
  • the 1877 tables of the Ministry of Finance mention it as “Saqlath and the Arabs”.[3]

See also

26°39′N 31°40′EReferences
  1. "Sāqultah (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. Carsten Peust (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 71, 83.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Ramzy, Mohamed (1994). 'Geographical Dictionary of the Egyptian Country.


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