Upper Egypt

E17135

historical region region of Egypt

Upper Egypt is the historically rich, predominantly rural southern region of Egypt stretching along the Nile Valley from south of Cairo toward Aswan.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Upper Egypt canonical	276
southern Egypt	37
Southern Egypt	6
Nile Valley	2
Memphite region	1
Sa'idis (Upper Egyptians)	1
South Valley region of Egypt	1
Theban region	1
Theban region of Upper Egypt	1
Upper Egypt (probable)	1
Upper Egypt region	1
Upper Nile Valley	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ region of Egypt ⓘ
capital	traditionally Thebes in pharaonic times ⓘ
contains	Aswan High Dam vicinity ⓘ Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ Luxor Temple ⓘ Temple of Philae ⓘ surface form: Philae Temple Valley of the Kings ⓘ Valley of the Queens ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
dialect	Sa'idi Arabic ⓘ
directionRelativeToLowerEgypt	upstream along the Nile ⓘ
extendsFrom	south of Cairo ⓘ
extendsTo	Aswan ⓘ
follows	course of the Nile River ⓘ
geographicalOrientation	Upper Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: southern Egypt
hasPart	Asyut Governorate ⓘ surface form: Assiut Governorate Aswan Governorate ⓘ Beni Suef Governorate ⓘ Faiyum Governorate ⓘ Luxor Governorate ⓘ Minya ⓘ surface form: Minya Governorate Qena Governorate ⓘ Sohag ⓘ surface form: Sohag Governorate
historicalCapital	Luxor ⓘ surface form: Luxor area Thebes ⓘ Waset ⓘ
historicalSignificance	center of early dynastic unification of Egypt ⓘ cradle of ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
knownAs	Ta Shemau ⓘ Upper Egypt ⓘ surface form: Upper Nile Valley
language	Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ Nile Valley ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Egypt ⓘ surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt
mainCrops	cotton ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ wheat ⓘ
mainEconomicActivities	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
majorRiver	Nile ⓘ
minorityReligion	Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Coptic Christianity
oppositeOf	Lower Egypt ⓘ
partOf	Egypt ⓘ Nile Valley ⓘ
predominantSettlementType	rural ⓘ
religion	predominantly Sunni Islam ⓘ
symbolInAncientEgypt	White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ vulture goddess Nekhbet ⓘ

Referenced by (329)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giza railway station → connectsTo → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Giza railway station → connectsRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Lower Egypt → borders → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Lower Egypt → wasUnifiedWith → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Red Pyramid → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile Valley

Qena → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Qena → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Egypt

Beni Suef Governorate → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Cairo–Aswan railway line → regionServed → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Aswan → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Luxor → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Upper Egypt → knownAs → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Nile Valley

Upper Egypt → geographicalOrientation → Upper Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Minya → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Minya → hasHistoricalRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Assiut → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Assiut → countrySubdivision → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Sohag → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Sohag → isRegionalCenterFor → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Sohag → partOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile Valley

Abu Simbel temples → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Temple of Beit el-Wali → region → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Red Crown → WhiteCrownRepresents → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Narmer → regionOfRule → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Temple of Taffa → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Murad Bey → residence → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Murad Bey → areaOfOperations → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Temple of Ellesyia → regionNowPartOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Egyptians → ethnicSubgroup → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sa'idis (Upper Egyptians)

Ta-Mehu → contrastedWith → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Maliki school → mainRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Early Dynastic Egypt → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Thebes → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)

Thebes → partOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)

this entity surface form: Theban region

Menkaure → ruledFromRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Predynastic Egypt → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Shenoute of Atripe → birthPlace → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Mamluk Sultanate → region → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Djoser → regionRuled → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Userkaf → ruledRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Lake Nasser → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company → jurisdiction → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Valley region of Egypt

Aswan High Dam → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Set → worshipCenter → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Aswan Governorate → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Egypt

First Cataract of the Nile → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

First Cataract of the Nile → featureOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ