Abu Tig

Abu Tig is a city in Asyut Governorate, Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile, with an estimated population of 112,077 in 2023. It is the third largest city in the governorate after Asyut itself and Dairut. It is known across Egypt for herbs and botanicals, as a commercial centre, and for the El Farghal Mosque, whose twin minarets make it the largest mosque in Upper Egypt and which draws visitors to the El Farghal fair every July. Its zoo, called Nasser Zoo, attracts people from all over Upper Egypt at holidays. Gauthier gives its ancient Egyptian name as Pa-shna, the store, which the Greeks rendered Apotheke and from which the modern name comes; it was a place of worship of Hathor, and an obelisk bearing a depiction of Hatshepsut is among its antiquities. Its climate is hot desert (BWh).