| El Maragha | |
| Native Name: | المراغة ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ |
| 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: | 144.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 432,678 |
| 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 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 26.7°N 67°W |
El Maragha (Arabic: المراغة, [2]) is a city in the Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile.[3]
The name of the city is a corruption of . This claim is also supported by a Coptic translation of this toponym .[4]
El Maragha witnessed many historical events; the most prominent one is the battle of Barrod, in which a French flotilla was captured and its crew were killed on 3 March 1799.