Sidfa Explained

Sidfa
Native Name:Arabic: صدفا
Settlement Type:Town
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:Asyut
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:85.67
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:200,977
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Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
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Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:26.9653°N 31.3808°W

Sidfa (from [2]) is a town in Egypt.[3] It is located near the city of Abnub in the Asyut Governorate. It was known in antiquity by the Greeks as Hisopis.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ṣidfa (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . www.citypopulation.de . 18 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Peust . Carsten . Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten . 85.
  3. Book: Buhūth Al-Qāhirah Fī Alʾulūm Al-ijtimaʾīyah. 1982. American University in Cairo.
  4. Book: Brugsch . Heinrich . Dictionnaire géographique de l'ancienne Egypte: contenant par ordre alphabétique la nomenclature comparée des noms propres géographiques qui se rencontrent sur les monuments et dans les papyrus. . 1879 . J. C. Hinrichs . 735–736 .