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Qena

Northern Africa

Qena is a city in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile and the capital of Qena Governorate. In antiquity it was known as Kaine and later as Maximianopolis, and some scholars identify it with the ancient settlement of Shabt.

Facts
Population
252,883 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 2
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Sources
1. Qena (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
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population 252,883 (2020)
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2. Qena (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    80
  • Climate
    Qena has a hot desert climate (BWh) according to Köppen climate classification, with very hot summers and very little precipitation year round
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Cairo; EG has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Africa/Cairo; EG has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct ... 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
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