Girga

E563746

Girga is an ancient town in Upper Egypt, historically significant as a regional center along the Nile.

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Label Occurrences
Girga canonical 2

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
belongsToNation Egypt NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Egypt
countryCapital Cairo NERFINISHED
governingCountry Arab Republic of Egypt NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Gerga NERFINISHED
Girga City NERFINISHED
hasClimate hot desert climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
services
trade
hasHistoricalPeriod Islamic era Egypt
ancient Egypt NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalRole regional administrative center
riverine trade hub
hasHistoricalSignificance regional center along the Nile
hasMunicipalStatus city
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite Abydos NERFINISHED
Beit Khallaf NERFINISHED
hasRegionalRole local administrative center
market town
historicalRegion Upper Egypt NERFINISHED
isInhabitedPlace true
languageUsed Arabic NERFINISHED
locatedIn Upper Egypt NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Sohag Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedInGeographicalFeature Nile Valley floodplain NERFINISHED
locatedInNileValley true
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time
locatedNorthOf Luxor NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Nile NERFINISHED
locatedSouthOf Sohag NERFINISHED
majorReligion Islam
partOf Sohag Governorate NERFINISHED
transportConnection Nile River transport
regional road network
utcOffset +2
writingSystem Arabic script

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