Asyut Governorate

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محافظة أسيوط Asyut Governorate
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Basic data
Country	Egypt
Capital	Asyut
surface	1553 km²
Residents	4,383,289 (2017)
density	2822 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	EG-AST

Coordinates: 27 ° 11 ′  N , 31 ° 11 ′  E

Limits until 2011

Asyut ( Arabic محافظة أسيوط Muhāfazat Asyūt , DMG Muḥāfaẓat Asyūṭ ) is a governorate in Egypt with 4,383,289 inhabitants and is located in Middle Egypt .

It is bordered to the north by the governorate of al-Minya , to the east by the governorate of the Red Sea , to the south by the governorate of Sauhaj and to the west by the governorate of al-Wadi al-jadid . The eastern part of the governorate extends into the Arabian desert . The administrative center is Asyut .

places

There are eleven cities in the Asyūṭ governorate, which are also the administrative centers of the districts of the same name:

• Asyut (Arabic أسيوط, Asyūṭ)
• Dairut (Arabic ديروط, Dairūṭ)
• al-Qusiyya (Arabic القوصية, al-Qūṣīya)
• Manfalut (Arabic منفلوط, Manfalūṭ)
• Abu Tig (also Abut, Arabic ابو ​​تيج, Abū Tīǧ)
• Sidfa (also Sedfa, Arabic صدفا, Ṣidfā)
• el-Ghanayim (Arabic الغنايم, al-Ghanāyīm)
• Abnob (Arabic أبنوب, Abnūb)
• al-Fatih (also el-Fatih, Arabic الفتح, al-Fatiḥ)
• Sahil Salim (also Sahil Saleem, Arabic ساحل سليم, Sāḥil Salīm)
• al-Badari (Arabic البداري, al-Badārī)