Saqultah

Saqultah (Arabic: ساقلتة) is a small Upper Egyptian city near Akhmim. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Sohag Governorate.

Saqultah
ساقلتة
City
Saqultah
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°39′N 31°40′E
Country Egypt
GovernorateSohag
Area
[1]
 • Total32.63 sq mi (84.51 km2)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total227,719
 • Density7,000/sq mi (2,700/km2)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Etymology

Saqultah is one of the oldest villages in Egypt, originally named Saqiyat Qultah, or Saqiyas of Kollouthos (Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲗⲟⲩϫ).[2]

The city has been named in:

  • the Laws of Court (قوانين الدواوين) by the 6th century Egyptian writer Al-Asaad bin Mamati
  • the Tuhfat al-Irshad as El Quseyya
  • the Mu’jam al-Buldan (glossary of countries): "Qulta is a good village, known as Saqiya Qalta in Upper Egypt, east of the Nile, near Akhmim."
  • the works of Al-Suyuti, quoting the Akhmimiya, though he distorts the name by integrating it with Al-Sadr, so it became "Saqlath", as mentioned in old calendar books from 1231 AH.
  • the 1877 tables of the Ministry of Finance mention it as “Saqlath and the Arabs”.[3]

See also

26°39′N 31°40′EReferences
  1. "Sāqultah (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. Carsten Peust (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 71, 83.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Ramzy, Mohamed (1994). 'Geographical Dictionary of the Egyptian Country.


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