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Asyut

Northern Africa

Asyut is a city in Upper Egypt and the capital of the modern Asyut Governorate. It was built close to the ancient city of the same name, situated nearby, and is home to one of the largest Coptic Christian communities in Egypt.

Facts
Population
490,000 1
Founding Year
3100 BCE 2
Elevation (m)
56 2
Latitude
27.186944 degrees north 2
Longitude
31.171389 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Sources
1. Asyut (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    490,000
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Asyut (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 27.186944, longitude 31.171389
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 56 m
  • P571 (inception)
    inception -3100
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3. GeoNames: Assiut - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 359783
    27.18096 31.18368 P PPLA EG 17 528669 56 Africa/Cairo
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 56 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 27.25, 31.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 27.25, 31.25
27.25 31.25 BWh
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Wikidata: Asyut
Wikidata Q29962, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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