Saqultah Explained

Saqultah
Native Name:	Arabic: ساقلتة
Settlement Type:	City
Pushpin Map:	Egypt
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Egypt
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Egypt
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Sohag
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	84.51
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	227,719
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Density Sq Mi:	auto
Population Density Metro Km2:	auto
Population Density Metro Sq Mi:	auto
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Population Density Blank1 Km2:	auto
Population Density Blank1 Sq Mi:	auto
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	26.65°N 71°W

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

Etymology

Saqultah is one of the oldest villages in Egypt, originally named Saqiyat Qultah, or Saqiyas of Kollouthos .^[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.
• The name was changed from Saqiyat Qultah to Saqultah by fusing the first half of the first word with the second half of the second word, so it became "Saqlath", as mentioned in old calendar books from 1231 AH (Between 1815-1816 AD).
• the 1877 tables of the Ministry of Finance mention it as “Saqlath and the Arabs”.^[3]

See also

• List of cities and towns in Egypt

26.65°N 71°WReferences

1. Web site: Sāqultah (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . www.citypopulation.de . 17 March 2023.
2. Book: Carsten Peust . Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten . 2010 . Göttingen . 71, 83.
3. Book: Ramzy. Mohamed. 1994. 'Geographical Dictionary of the Egyptian Country.