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.

Set → worshipCenter → Upper Egypt ⓘ