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	Occurrences
southern Egypt	14
Southern Egypt	3
Nile Valley	2
Sa'idis (Upper Egyptians)	1
South Valley region of Egypt	1
Theban 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 (101)

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

Qena → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Sohag → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Syene → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Ta Shemau → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Temple of Hathor at Dendera → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Temple of Taffa → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Thebes → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)

Unfinished Obelisk → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Valley of the Kings → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Waset → locatedIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → locatedInAncientRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah

Qena → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Egypt

Aswan → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Aswan High Dam → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Dendera → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Fashn → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Ihnasya → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Qena Governorate → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Egypt

Red Pyramid → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile Valley

Somosta → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Swenett → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Tombs of the Nobles (Aswan) → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

al-Wasta → locatedInRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Maliki school → mainRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Qena Governorate → partOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Sohag → partOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile Valley

Thebes → partOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)

this entity surface form: Theban region

west bank of the Nile → partOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Red Sea Governorate → partOfRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Ancient Egyptian → region → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Colossi of Memnon → region → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Mamluk Sultanate → region → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → region → Upper Egypt ⓘ

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

Temple of Ellesyia → regionNowPartOf → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Narmer → regionOfRule → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Djoser → regionRuled → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Aswan International Airport → regionServed → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Aswan University → regionServed → Upper Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Egypt

Beni Suef University → regionServed → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Cairo–Aswan railway line → regionServed → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Cairo–Asyut desert road → regionServed → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Murad Bey → residence → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Menkaure → ruledFromRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Userkaf → ruledRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

South Valley University → servesRegion → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Sa'idi Arabic → spokenIn → Upper Egypt ⓘ

Lower Egypt → wasUnifiedWith → Upper Egypt ⓘ