Upper Egypt

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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.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	As subject	As object
southern Egypt	0	14
Southern Egypt	0	3
Nile Valley	0	2
Sa'idis (Upper Egyptians)	0	1
South Valley region of Egypt	0	1
Theban region	0	1
Upper Nile Valley	0	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 (101)

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

Ta Shemau → EnglishName → Upper Egypt →

Red Crown → WhiteCrownRepresents → Upper Egypt →

Murad Bey → areaOfOperations → Upper Egypt →

vulture goddess Nekhbet → associatedWith → Upper Egypt →

subject surface form: Nekhbet

White Crown of Upper Egypt → associatedWithRegion → Upper Egypt →

central Egypt → between → Upper Egypt →

subject surface form: Central Egypt

Shenoute of Atripe → birthPlace → Upper Egypt →

central Egypt → borderDirectionFrom → Upper Egypt →

subject surface form: Central Egypt

Lower Egypt → borders → Upper Egypt →

Giza railway station → connectsRegion → Upper Egypt →

Giza railway station → connectsTo → Upper Egypt →

Ta-Mehu → contrastedWith → Upper Egypt →

Assiut → countrySubdivision → Upper Egypt →

Somosta → countrySubdivision → Upper Egypt →

Egyptians → ethnicSubgroup → Upper Egypt →

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

First Cataract of the Nile → featureOf → Upper Egypt →

Aswan Botanical Garden → geographicLocation → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

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

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Pharaoh → governed → Upper Egypt →

Minya → hasHistoricalRegion → Upper Egypt →

Satrapy of Egypt → hasPart → Upper Egypt →

Egyptian language family → historicalRegion → Upper Egypt →

Sohag → isRegionalCenterFor → Upper Egypt →

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

this entity surface form: South Valley region of Egypt

Upper Egypt → knownAs → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: Upper Nile Valley

vulture goddess Nekhbet → linkedTo → Upper Egypt →

subject surface form: Nekhbet

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Abu Simbel temples → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Abydos → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis) → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Assiut → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Aswan Governorate → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: Southern Egypt

Asyut Governorate → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Beni Suef city → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

subject surface form: Beni Suef

Beni Suef Air Base → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Beni Suef Governorate → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Derr, Lower Nubia → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Early Dynastic Egypt → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

First Cataract of the Nile → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Lake Nasser → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Luxor → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Luxor Governorate → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Luxor International Airport → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Minya → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Nubian Museum → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Predynastic Egypt → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

Qasr Ibrim → locatedIn → Upper Egypt →

this entity surface form: southern Egypt