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Nag Hammadi
City in Qena, Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Egyptian settlement. For the cache of Gnostic texts discovered nearby, see Nag Hammadi library.
Nag Hammadi (/ˌnɑːɡ həˈmɑːdi/ NAHG hə-MAH-dee; Arabic: نجع حمادى Nagʿ Ḥammādī) is a city and markaz in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of Luxor. The city had a population of close to 61,737 as of 2023[update].
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Nag Hammadi
نجع حمادي | |
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![]() Aluminium Stadium in Nag Hammadi | |
Coordinates: 26°03′N 32°15′E | |
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Area | |
• Total | 103.9 sq mi (269.2 km2) |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 660,690 [1] |
• Urban | 61,737 |
• Rural | 598,953 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
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